| ![Show Contents]() Cosse History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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France Early Origins of the Cosse familyThe surname Cosse 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. Thee family took its name from Cossé, a village in the department of Mayenne, near Laval. Early History of the Cosse familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cosse research. Another 151 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1422, 1505, 1506, 1512, 1550, 1552, 1563, 1582, 1600, 1610, 1611, 1615, 1621, 1671, 1673, 1674, 1830, 1833, 1856, 1892 and 1903 are included under the topic Early Cosse History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Cosse Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Cossé, de Cossé, Cosset, de Cosset, Cossette and many more. Early Notables of the Cosse familyNotable amongst the name was - Jan Cossiers (1600-1671), a Flemish Baroque painter; Charles de Cossé (1506-1563), marshal of Brissac; Charles II de Cossé (1550-1621), the first Duke of Brissac from 1611 until his death; Philippe de...
Cosse RankingIn France, the name Cosse is the 4,279th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 1
| Cosse migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Cosse Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- William Cosse, who landed in Virginia in 1706 2
| Cosse migration to Canada | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Cosse Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century- Pierre Cosse, who settled in Quebec in 1638
| Contemporary Notables of the name Cosse (post 1700) | + |
- Louis Hercule Timoléon de Cossé, Duke of Brissac, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3
- Emmanuelle Cosse (b. 1974), French activist with LGBT and feminist groups, journalist and magazine editor, and politician
- Laurence Cossé (b. 1950), French novelist and short story writer
- Pierre-Yves Cossé, French inspector- general of finances, Paris
- 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)
- Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 11) Louis Cossé. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
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