Gallet History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Gallet family

The surname Gallet was first found in Dauphiny (French: Dauphiné), a former province in southeastern France, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of the Rhône and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles, and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Early History of the Gallet family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Gallet research. Another 72 words (5 lines of text) covering the year 1609 is included under the topic Early Gallet History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Gallet Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Galet, Gallet, Galey, Gallet, Galley, Galetin, Galletin, Galeton, Galton, Gallette and many more.

Early Notables of the Gallet family

Ines Gallet, Swiss founder of Gallet & Co...

Gallet Ranking

France, the name Gallet is the 383^rd most popular surname with an estimated 11,040 people with that name. 1

Gallet migration to the United States +

Gallet Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Pierre A. Gallet, aged 29, French settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Mantano" in 1821 2
Virginia Gallet, aged 25, French settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Mantano" in 1821 2
Ephraim Gallet, who landed in Texas in 1835 3
August Joseph Gallet, aged 34, German settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "Eugenia" in 1854 2
Emelia Gallet, aged 24, French settler who arrived in New York aboard the ship "New World" in 1854 2
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Gallet migration to Australia +

Gallet Settlers in Australia in the 20th Century

Caterina Gallet, Italian settler who arrived in Sydney, Australia aboard the ship "Esquilino" in 1938 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Gallet (post 1700) +

Mathieu Gallet (b. 1977), French senior civil servant and political advisor
Charles Gallet (1875-1951), French lawyer and politician
Louis Gallet (1835-1898), French writer of operatic libretti, plays, romances, memoirs, pamphlets
Luciano Gallet (1893-1931), Brazilian composer, conductor and pianist
Léon Gallet (1832-1899), Swiss watchmaker and philanthropist, patriarch of the Gallet Watch Company
Anne Gallet, Swiss contemporary harpsichordist and musicologist

Sources +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Ellis Island Search retrieved 21st October 2021. Retrieved from https://heritage.statueofliberty.org/passenger-result
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)
National Archives of Australia retrieved 15th November 2022. Retrieved from https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ListingReports/PassengerListing.aspx