Cholier History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Cholier

What does the name Cholier mean?

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

Early Origins of the Cholier family

The surname Cholier 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 Cholier family

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Cholier Spelling Variations

Changes of spelling have occurred in most surnames. The earliest explanation is that during the early development of the French language, names were not yet fixed in spelling. Usually a person gave his version of his name, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. This depended on accent, and local accents frequently changed the spelling of a name. Some variables were adopted by different branches of the family name. Hence, there are some spelling variations of the name Cholier, including Cholet, de Cholet, Cholette, Chollet, de Chollet and many more.

Early Notables of the Cholier family

Gervais Chollet, a calligrapher, who was born in 1639 in Azé, and who died in 1706; Godefroi-Ernest de Chollet (1722-1792), a lieutenant-general; François Armand Cholet (1747-1826), and his son, Jules, born in Paris in 1798, both...
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Migration of the Cholier family

By 1643 there were only about 300 people in Quebec. Since immigration was slow, early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The distinguished family name Cholier has made significant contributions to the culture, arts, sciences and religion of France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Cholier were Sébastien Cholet, born in 1679; the son of Sébastien and of Périne Hilaire of Aubigny, Anjou, who married Anne Hard in Montreal in 1705.