Show ContentsDutour History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Dutour family

The surname Dutour was first found in Languedoc, where this acclaimed family held a family seat since ancient times. Château Latour is a French wine estate, rated as a First Growth under the 1855 Bordeaux Classification. It lies at the very southeastern tip of the commune of Pauillac in the Médoc region to the north-west of Bordeaux.

Early History of the Dutour family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Dutour research. Another 267 words (19 lines of text) covering the years 1259, 1365, 1600, 1610, 1618, 1629, 1688, 1743 and 1789 are included under the topic Early Dutour History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Dutour Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Latour, Tour, Latourre, Tours, Toure, Tors, La Tour, De Latour, de la Toure, de Tour and many more.

Early Notables of the Dutour family

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Dutour Ranking

In France, the name Dutour is the 4,451st most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 1


United States Dutour migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Dutour Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Stephen William Vimcendon Dutour, who landed in New York in 1798 2
  • Stephen William Vincendon Dutour, who arrived in New York in 1798 2

Canada Dutour migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Dutour Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Catherin Dutour, who arrived in Nova Scotia in 1757

Contemporary Notables of the name Dutour (post 1700) +

  • Pierre Dutour (1931-2023), French trumpeter, composer, arranger, and orchestra conductor
  • Claude-Thomas Dutour de Noirfosse, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. 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)
  3. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 25) Claude-Thomas Dutour. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html


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