Cholet History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Cholet

What does the name Cholet mean?

The ancestral home of the Cholet family is in Anjou, France. Cholet was derived from the baptismal name Charles, which stems from the Old French name, Charlys.

Early Origins of the Cholet family

The surname Cholet was first found in Anjou, a former county, duchy and province centred on the city of Angers in the lower Loire Valley of western France where the family was established in a seigniory, which became a marquisate in 1677, in favor of de Colbert.

Early History of the Cholet family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cholet research. Another 223 words (16 lines of text) covering the years 1212, 1222, 1292, 1633, 1639, 1706, 1722, 1731, 1739, 1744, 1747, 1762, 1775, 1779, 1786, 1792, 1794, 1798, 1809, 1810, 1822, 1826, 1868 and 1892 are included under the topic Early Cholet History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Cholet Spelling Variations

History has changed the spelling of most surnames. During the early development of the French language in the Middle Ages, a person gave his version of his name, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. Some variables were adopted by different branches of the family name. Hence, there spelling variations of the name Cholet, some of which include Cholet, de Cholet, Cholette, Chollet, de Chollet and many more.

Early Notables of the Cholet family

François Armand Cholet (1747-1826), and his son, Jules, born in Paris in 1798, both politicians
his grandson, Armand-Pierre, who was qualified count of Cholet, and who published "Voyage in Turquie d'Asie" (1892)
Samuel-Jean Joseph Cholet, an engraver, who was born in 1786 in Nantes

Cholet Ranking

France, the name Cholet is the 2,150^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,959 people with that name. 1

Cholet migration to the United States +

In 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec. Migration was slow. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the French Acadian presence in the Maritimes had reached 500. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The family name Cholet has made many distinguished contributions in France and New France to the world of science, culture, religion, and education. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Cholet were

Cholet Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Abraham Cholet, who landed in Carolina in 1782 2
Constantin Cholet, who arrived in Carolina in 1782 2
Samuel Cholet, who landed in Carolina in 1782 2

Cholet migration to Canada +

Cholet Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Sébastien Cholet, born in 1679, the son of Sébastien and of Périne Hilaire of Aubigny, Anjou, who married Anne Hard in Montreal in 1705
Sébastien Cholet, son of Sébastien and Périne, who married Anne Hard, daughter of Benjamin and Élisabeth, in Montreal, Quebec on 19th October 1705 3
Jean-Baptiste Cholet, son of Sébastien and Anne, who married Marie-Anne Faucher, daughter of Martin and Marie-Madeleine, in Pointe-Claire, Quebec on 11th October 1728 3
Pierre Cholet, son of Jacques and Marie, who married Marie-Catherine Pelot, daughter of Pierre and Marguerite, in Quebec on 4th February 1743 3
Pierre Cholet, a carpenter, who married Marie-Catherine Pelot in Quebec City in 1743
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Cholet (post 1700) +

Jean Cholet, stockbroker, Paris

Sources +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Internoscia, Arthur E., and Claire Chevrier. Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français 1608-1760. Vol. 1, Institut Drouin, 1958.