St-André History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
France
England

The surname St-André is a patronymic name, which is a type of hereditary surname. The surname St-André is derived from the given name of a parent or more remote ancestor. The surname St-André derived from the given name André, which derived from the Latin name Andreas, which means "courageous". 1

Early Origins of the St-André family

The surname St-André was first found in Provence, where the family has held a family seat since ancient times.

During the Middle Ages several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contribution to the community in which they lived, and they were rewarded accordingly, thus rendering the name more illustrious. Several provinces claim to have been the seat of these great noble families, such as, Provence, Languedoc, Brittany, as well as, Lorraine, Auvergne, Normandy, Périgord, Dauphiné, and the City of Paris, to list a few.

Some of these families have a seat in two different provinces such as the André de Villerin, of Brittany and Provence, and the barons André of Dauphiné and Brittany. Some also trace the name to a small village called Andrest, in the Hautes Pyrénées. 1 There was also a "Seigneurie", or Lordship, of the same name created for the family of De Varignières, in the province of Normandy in 1463.

Early History of the St-André family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our St-André research. Another 111 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1500, 1521, 1631, 1669, 1680, 1699, 1715, 1739, 1741, 1776 and 1785 are included under the topic Early St-André History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

St-André Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: André, Andrée, Anddré, Anddrée, Amdré, Amdrée, Amddré, Amddrée, d'André, Andrea, Saint-André, St-André, Anddrea, Andé, Anddé, Andée, Anddée, Andrei, Anddrei, Andrey, Anddrey, Andret, Anddret, Andrai, Anddrai, Andray, Anddray, Andrais, Anddrais, Andraie and many more.

Early Notables of the St-André family

Notable amongst the names at this time was Bernard André or Andreas (fl. 1500), a French-born, poet and historian. He was a Frenchman by birth, being a native of Toulouse, but came to England together with, or shortly before, Henry VII, whose poet laureate and historiographer he became. "Nothing is known of his family, though he is described by a contemporary as of distinguished birth; nor can we even guess the date at which he was born, except vaguely from the fact that in 1521 he describes himself as having attained extreme old age. He was probably introduced to the notice...
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St-André migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

St-André Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

George Standre, aged 30, who arrived in Mobile County, Ala in 1843 2

Citations +

Dionne, N.-E., Origine Des Familles Canadiennes-Français. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. Print.
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)