Gravelle History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Gravelle family

The surname Gravelle was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where they held a family seat at Graval near Portmort at Seine-Inférieure in the arrondissement of Neufchâtel in the region of Flamets-Frétils. They later branched to Fourneau in Normandy, and became one of the eminent aristocratic families of that dukedom.

Early History of the Gravelle family

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Gravelle Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Graval, Gravalle, Gravel, Gravell, Gravelle, Graville, Gravile, Gravil and many more.

Early Notables of the Gravelle family

Notable amongst the family in this period was

Gravelle of Normandy

Gravelle Ranking

In the United States, the name Gravelle is the 13,512^nd most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Gravelle migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Gravelle Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Joseph Gravelle, who arrived in America in 1792 2

Gravelle Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

R. L. Gravelle, who settled in Philadelphia in 1806

Contemporary Notables of the name Gravelle (post 1700) +

Gordon Carr Gravelle (b. 1949), former American NFL football offensive tackle
Robert Gravelle, American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1964 3
Emile Gravelle (1855-1920), French individualist anarchist and naturist activist, writer and painter
Joseph Gerard Leo Gravelle (b. 1925), Canadian retired professional ice hockey player
Israel Jean Orval "Orville" Gravelle (1927-1997), Canadian ice hockey player
Michael Gravelle (b. 1949), Canadian politician, Minister of Northern Development, Mines and Forestry
Claude Gravelle (b. 1949), Canadian politician

Historic Events for the Gravelle family +

Halifax Explosion

Mr. William Gravelle, Canadian resident from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada who died in the Halifax Explosion (1917) 4

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, December 1) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Halifax Explosion Book of Remembrance | Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. (Retrieved 2014, June 23) . Retrieved from https://maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/what-see-do/halifax-explosion/halifax-explosion-book-remembrance