Deguen Surname History

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France

Early Origins of the Deguen family

The surname Deguen was first found in Lyonnais.

Early History of the Deguen family

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Deguen Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Deguire, Deguerry, Deguette, Deguin, Deguen and many more.

Early Notables of the Deguen family

Jean-Gaspard Deguerry, born in 1786 in Lyon. Son of Thomas, a wood merchant, Jean-Gaspard entered, at the age of eight, into the choir school of Saint-Pierre, then went to the Villefranche college and finally finished his degree in Theology at the seminary of Saint-Irene. In 1820 he was ordained a priest. Also prominent at this time was Victor-Marie Deguette, a missionary who was ordained a priest in 1872. He entered into the Foreign Missions of Paris in 1875 and, was designated to...
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Migration of the Deguen family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: 200 individuals of the lineage who arrived from France onto Canadian shores between 1600 and 1900. Among them, Francois Deguire was married in 1669; Pierre Deguire was married in 1696 in Besset, Quebec.

Contemporary Notables of the name Deguen (post 1700) +

Daniel Deguen, civil administrator in Paris who has earned the decorations of Officer of the Legion of Honour and of the National Order of Merit, Cavalier of the Academic Palms