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![Show Contents]() Del camp History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Etymology of Del campWhat does the name Del camp mean? The majestic region of Picardy in France was the place of origin of the prestigious surname Del camp. Del camp is a topographic surname, which is a form of hereditary surname, and was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. The surname Del camp is derived from the Old French word "champ," which means field, and literally means "of the fields." Early Origins of the Del camp familyThe surname Del camp was first found in Picardy (French: Picardie) in northern France, where the family was first established, and expanded to become one of the more notable names in the region. The name was also seen in the town of Poitou, located in west-central France, by two aldermans in 1412 and 1422. 1 The French name originally came to Canada with Jean-Baptiste, born in 1646, son of Jean, Lord of Sandes. 1 Early History of the Del camp familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Del camp research. Another 399 words (28 lines of text) covering the years 1258, 1340, 1346, 1392, 1406, 1450, 1567, 1574, 1608, 1619, 1683, 1715, 1791, 1800, 1861, 1869, 1871 and 1931 are included under the topic Early Del camp History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Del camp Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Deschamps, Deschamp, DesChamps, DesChamp, Descamps, Descamp, DesCamps, DesCamp, Dechamps, Dechamp, DeChamps, DeChamp, des Champs, Deschemps, Duchamps, Duchamp, DuChamps, DuChamp, Déchamps, Déchamp, Deschams, de Champs, de Champ, Le Champ, Delachamps, Dechant, Deschemps, Deschemp, Déchemps, Déchemp, Deschems, Décham, Le Champ, Les Champs, Le Camp, de Camp, Descamp, Descampes, Le Campes, de Campes, Champs, Champ, Champlain, Champlaine and many more. Early Notables of the Del camp familyNotable amongst the family name at this period was Samuel de Champlain, born in Saintonge in 1567, who was sent to the New World by King Henry IV, discovered Canada, then known as "la Nouvelle-France", and founded Quebec City in 1608; Eustache Deschamps (1340-1406), medieval French poet, received lessons in versification from Guillaume de Machaut and later studied law at Orleans University, traveled through Europe as a diplomatic messenger for Charles V, His estate was pillaged by the English, in consequence of which he continuously abuses them in his many poems, wrote as many as 1,175 ballades, and he is sometimes...
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| Del camp migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Del camp Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Henry Chrs Delcamp, aged 37, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1753 2
| Contemporary Notables of the name Del camp (post 1700) | + |
- Elmer J. Delcamp, American politician, Burgess of Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania, 1933-37, 1953 3
- Hozier, Charles D, and Antoine Bachelin-Delforenne. État présent De La Noblesse française (1883-1887): Contenant Le Distionnaire De La Noblesse Contemporaine Et Larmorial général De France, Dapres Les Manuscrits De Ch. D Hozier. Librairie Des Bibliophiles, 1884. Print.
- 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)
- The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 22) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
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