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Early Origins of the Fauteux family

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

Early History of the Fauteux family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Fauteux research. Another 56 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1233, 1541, 1586, 1614, 1747, 1752, 1754, 1756, 1759, 1772, 1866 and 1878 are included under the topic Early Fauteux History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Fauteux Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Fauteux, Fautereau, Fautras, Fautrat and others.

Early Notables of the Fauteux family

Notable amongst the family in this period was Jean de Fautereau de la Pierre, who was a Brigadier in 1586 in the army of La Valette in Dauphine; the Fautereau house produced a Knight of Malta, and in 1541 a Knight of the Order under Henry III; Georges Fautrel, born in Rouen in 1614, taught rhetoric, philosophy, mathematics, and moral theology; André Fautras became officer of artillery in 1747 and commissioner in 1754, First Lieutenant at the...
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Fauteux Ranking

In Quebec, Canada, the name Fauteux is the 872nd most popular surname. 1


Canada Fauteux migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Fauteux Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century
  • Pierre Fauteux married in 1679 in Gilles-Rageot, Quebec
  • Catherine Fauteux married in 1699 in Pte-aux-Trembles
Fauteux Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Alexis Fauteux married in 1723 in St-Laurent-Montreal

Contemporary Notables of the name Fauteux (post 1700) +

  • Roger Fauteux, member of Quebec artistic dissident group Les Automatistes in the late 1940s
  • Joseph Honoré Gérald Fauteux (1900-1980), Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1970 to 1973
  • John Fauteux, public relations executive in Willowdale, Ontario


  1. "The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec


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