Gauvreau Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The Gauvreau surname comes from the Old French personal name Gauvin.

Gauvreau Early Origins

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The surname Gauvreau was first found in Brittany.

Gauvreau Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Gauvain, Gavain, Gavin, Gauvin, Gauvent, du Gauvin, de Gauvin, Du Gauvin, Du Gauvain, Des Gauvain, Des Gauvin and many more.

Gauvreau Early History

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Gauvreau Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Jean Gauvin who arrived in Quebec in 1662 from Aunis on the west coast of France, although this is likely to be the port of embarkation, rather than his original home.

Contemporary Notables of the name Gauvreau (post 1700)

Christine M. Gauvreau, American politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1978 ^[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Brigadier Joseph Guy Gauvreau (1915-1989), Commanding Officer 6th Canadian Brigade, North-West Europe (1944) ^[2]CITATION[CLOSE]
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, September 15) Joseph Gauvreau. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Gauvreau/Joseph_Guy/Canada.html
Louis-Honoré Gauvreau (1812-1858), physician and political figure in Canada East
Charles Arthur Gauvreau (1860-1924), Canadian author, notary, and politician
Brent Gauvreau (b. 1980), Canadian ice hockey player
Jocelyn Gauvreau (b. 1964), retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman
Louis Gauvreau (1761-1822), businessman and political figure in Lower Canada
René Gauvreau, politician in the Canadian province of Quebec
Pierre Gauvreau (1922-2011), Canadian Québécois painter who has also worked in film and television productions
Claude Gauvreau (1925-1971), Canadian playwright, poet and polemicist

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Citations

^ The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
^ Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, September 15) Joseph Gauvreau. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Gauvreau/Joseph_Guy/Canada.html

Other References

Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
Doyle, William. The Oxford History of the French Revolution. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1990. Print. (ISBN 0192852213).
de la Porte, A. Tresor Heraldique. Paris: F. Casterman, 1864. Print.
Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
Rietstap, Johannes Baptist. Armorial Général. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
D'Hozier Charles. Armorial Général de France. Paris: Dillon, 1875. Print.
Bentley, Elizabeth P. Passenger Arrivals at the Port of New York 1820-1829. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1999. Print.
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