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The surname Forgues was first found in Touraine.

Forgues Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Forge, Forgeron, Forgue, Forgues and others.

Forgues Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Forgues research. Another 116 words (8 lines of text) covering the years 1580, 1811, 1823, 1836, 1842, and 1860 are included under the topic Early Forgues History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Forgues Early Notables (pre 1700)

Notable at this time was Germain Forget, born in 1580, who published law books, poems, and other works. Paul-Emile Daurand-Forgues, also known as "Old Nick", started his journalism career in the southern region of Languedoc but ended up in Paris as a lawyer; Amédée Forget was a doctor in Chartres in...

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The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Forgues Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Anne Forgues married in 1683 in Levis, Quebec

Contemporary Notables of the name Forgues (post 1700)

Christopher "C.F." Forgues, American musician and artist based in Providence, Rhode Island
Wilfrid Forgues (b. 1969), French five-times gold, four-times silver and three-time bronze medalist slalom canoer, a specialist in the C2 event
Pierre Forgues (b. 1938), French politician, Member of the National Assembly of France
Fernand Forgues (1884-1973), French rower

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Other References

D'Hozier Charles. Armorial Général de France. Paris: Dillon, 1875. Print.
Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print.
Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
De Ville, Winston. Gulf Coast Colonials, A Compendium of French Families in Early Eighteenth Century Louisiana. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, 1999. Print.
Rupp, Daniel L. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants to Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776. Baltimore. Print.
Rolland, and H.V. Rolland. Illustrations to the Armorial general by J. B. Rietstap 6 volumes in 3. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1976. Print.
Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
Matthews, John. Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book. London: John Matthews, 1911. Print.
Bentley, Elizabeth P. Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York 1820-1829. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Print.
Vaillancourt, Emile. La Conquete du Canada par les Normands. Biographie de la premiere generation Normande du Canada. Montreal: G. Ducharme, 1930. Print.
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