Clarrise History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Etymology of Clarrise

What does the name Clarrise mean?

The Clarrise surname was created from the French personal name Clair, which is in turn derived from the Latin word "clarus."

Early Origins of the Clarrise family

The surname Clarrise was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Calvados and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility. Their earliest domain was the honor of Clare and the first on record was Sir Roger de Clere who held lands at Blainville at Clere. Some of the family originated in Clermont, in the Haute-Savoie and the Sarthe 1

Early History of the Clarrise family

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Clarrise Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Clarey, Claretie, Clery, Clary, Claris, Clairet, Cleret, Clarot, Clariot, Cleriot, Claret, Clairet, Clairey, Clairy and many more.

Early Notables of the Clarrise family

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Migration of the Clarrise family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: V. Claret, who was on record in Louisiana in 1745; Joseph Claret, who arrived in New Orleans in 1821; Joseph Claret, who was naturalized in South Carolina in 1804.

Contemporary Notables of the name Clarrise (post 1700) +

Clarrise Haberfelde Reavis (1898-1989), American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from California, 1932 2

Sources +

Dionne, N.-E., Les Canadiens-Francais Origine Des Familles. Baltimore: Geneological Publishing Company, 1969. Print
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 17) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html