D'auvergne History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the D'auvergne family

The surname D'auvergne was first found in Dauphiny (French: Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois), a former province in southeastern France, 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 the Rhone 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.

Early History of the D'auvergne family

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D'auvergne Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: d'Auvergne, Auvergne, Auvern, Davern, Dauvern, Davergne, d'Avern and many more.

Early Notables of the D'auvergne family

Notable amongst the family at this time was

Edward D'Auverne (1660-1737), military historian, belonged to the Jersey branch of the D'Auvergne family, claiming descent from a cadet of the house of the last reigning Duke of Bouillon. He was son o...
Bénigne d'Auvergne de Saint-Mars (died 1708), was a French prison governor, best known as the apparent keeper of the Man in the Iron Mask

D'auvergne Ranking

In France, the name D'auvergne is the 2,355^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,500 - 3,000 people with that name. 1

D'auvergne migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

D'auvergne Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Martin Dauvergne, who landed in Louisiana in 1718-1724 2

D'auvergne Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Augustus Dauvergne, who arrived in Savanna(h), Georgia in 1837 2

Contemporary Notables of the name D'auvergne (post 1700) +

Théophile Malo Corret La Tour D'Auvergne (1743-1800), French soldier
Viscount LaTour d'Auvergne,

Citations +

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)