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Early Origins of the Duclaux family

The surname Duclaux was first found in Lorraine.

Early History of the Duclaux family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Duclaux research. Another 35 words (2 lines of text) covering the years 1589, 1668, 1678, 1705, 1742, 1746, 1749, 1755, 1775, 1783, 1798, 1815, 1824 and 1851 are included under the topic Early Duclaux History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Duclaux Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Duclos, Ducloux, Duclaux, Duclaud and others.

Early Notables of the Duclaux family

Notable in the family name was

  • Gabriel Duclaux was a painter in Grenoble and is recorded at his marriage in 1678
  • Joseph-Louis Duclaux was a politician in 1746
  • Antoine du Pouget Duclaux was a Sulpicien monk in Cievrac in 1749
  • Pierre-Alexis Duclaux was a Baron and general in 1775
  • Augustin Duclaux became an officer in the army of the Pyrenees and was named a captain of the Hussars (Hungarian cavalry) in 1783
  • Jean-Antoine Duclaux was a painter and engraver in Lyon in 1783

Duclaux Ranking

In France, the name Duclaux is the 8,532nd most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Duclaux 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 to Canadian shores between 1600 and 1900. Most of them arrived during the nineteenth century, but some came earlier, such as Francois Duclos, who was married in 1665 in Trois-Riviè.


Contemporary Notables of the name Duclaux (post 1700) +

  • Pierre Alexis Duclaux, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 2


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 24) Pierre Duclaux. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html


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