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![Show Contents]() Delaurier History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 France
The surname Delaurier is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties. As a general rule, the greater the distance between individuals and their homelands, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, people who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original villages, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came. The name Delaurier is derived from the Old French word "laurier," meaning bay tree, and indicates that the original bearer of the name lived near such trees. Early Origins of the Delaurier familyThe surname Delaurier was first found in Périgord, where, despite a lack of documented evidence it is thought that ancestors of this name may have long been established. Early History of the Delaurier familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Delaurier research. Another 91 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1505, 1779 and 1790 are included under the topic Early Delaurier History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Delaurier Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Deslauriers, Deslaurier, Desloriers, Deslorier, Délauriers, Délaurier, Déloriers, Délorier, Deslouriers, Deslourier, Délouriers, Délourier, Laurier, Lauriers, Lorier, Loriers, Lorrier, Lorriers, Lourier, Louriers, De Laurier, De Laurieres, De Loriers and many more. Early Notables of the Delaurier familyAnother 42 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Delaurier Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Delaurier familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Robert Deslauriers, who settled in Montreal in 1651; Noel Legaud, son of Roch Legaud dit Deslauriers, married Marie Besnard in Montreal in 1698; Edward Lorier who settled in Philadelphia in 1856..
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- James DeLaurier, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1956 1
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