Show ContentsDumonceau History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Dumonceau family

The surname Dumonceau was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy.

Early History of the Dumonceau family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Dumonceau research. The years 1731, 1733, 1759, 1775, 1784, 1787, 1789, 1790, 1803 and 1821 are included under the topic Early Dumonceau History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Dumonceau Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Dumouchel, Dumouchelle, Dumonceau, Dumoncel, Dumonchel, Dumonceaux, Du Moncel, Dumonchau, Dumonchaux, Du Mouchet, Du Mouchel, Du Monceau and many more.

Early Notables of the Dumonceau family

  • François-Xavier-Marie-Joseph Dumonceaux was a lawyer in 1759
  • Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau was Count of Bergendaël, as well as a General and an architect. In 1789 he became a Second Lieutenant, then in 1790, Lieutenant, and, finally, a Captain

Migration of the Dumonceau family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: 80 individuals of the lineage who arrived from France to Canadian shores between 1600 and 1900. Among these, Bernard Dumouchel married in 1673 in Larue, Quebec.


Contemporary Notables of the name Dumonceau (post 1700)+

  • Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 1
  • Count Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendal (1760-1821), Dutch general from the Southern Netherlands, in the service of France and the Netherlands


  1. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 25) Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html


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