Duprès History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Duprès family

The surname Duprès was first found in Auvergne, a historic province in south central France.

Antoine Dupre, born in 1643, son of Mathieu and Catherine, travelled from France to Canada in the 17th century. After he arrived in Quebec he married Marguerite Moutarchy, born in 1652, daughter of François and Claude, on 25th July 1672. They remained together in Quebec until Antoine's death at Château-Richer on 27th November 1686. 1

Early History of the Duprès family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Duprès research. Another 28 words (2 lines of text) covering the years 1463, 1507, 1511, 1520, 1524, 1535, 1576, 1640, 1742, 1748, 1755, 1795, 1806, 1811, 1825, 1828, 1835 and 1841 are included under the topic Early Duprès History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Duprès Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Dupre, Dupré, Duprat, Dupraz, Dupréel, Dupréelle, Dupréau, Duprès, Duprey, Dupray, Dupres and many more.

Early Notables of the Duprès family

Notable amongst the family was

Claude-Francois Duprès was a Baron and general around 1755

Duprès Ranking

In France, the name Duprès is the 6,552^nd most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 2

Duprès migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Duprès Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Therese Dupres, who arrived in America in 1826 3

Duprès migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Duprès Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Ed Dupres was a priest in 1881 in St-Philomine

Contemporary Notables of the name Duprès (post 1700) +

Claude-François Duprès, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 4

Citations +

Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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)
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 25) Claude-François Duprès. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html