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Guion History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Guion family

The surname Guion was first found in Languedoc where this illustrious family has held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Guion family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Guion research. Another 316 words (23 lines of text) covering the years 1200, 1289, 1299, 1488, 1500, 1517, 1523, 1562, 1573, 1588, 1600, 1621, 1648, 1717 and 1789 are included under the topic Early Guion History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Guion Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Guyon, Guyont, Guyond, Guyons, Guion, Guiont, Guiond and many more.

Early Notables of the Guion family

Notable amongst the family name at this time was Jeanne-Marie Bouvier de la Motte-Guyon (known as Madame Guyon) (1648-1717), a French mystic and one of the key advocates of Quietism; Antoine...
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Guion Ranking

In the United States, the name Guion is the 16,911^st most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Guion is ranked the 4,568^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 2

Guion migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Guion Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Louis Guion, who settled in New York with his father, Louis, in 1696

Guion Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Anne Vigneau Guion, who landed in New York, NY in 1701 3
Jacques Guion, who landed in New York, NY in 1701 3
Isaac Guion, aged 25, settled in New York in 1710
Lewis Guion, who settled in New York in 1715
Lewis Guion, who landed in New York, NY in 1715 3

Guion Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

C. Guion who settled in San Francisco in 1852

Guion migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Guion Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Francois Guion, who arrived in Acadia in 1636

Guion Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Claude Guion, who settled in Quebec in 1700
Jean Guion, who settled in Quebec in 1719
Joseph Guion, who settled in Quebec in 1771
Jean Guion, who settled in Quebec in 1783
Louis Guion, who settled in Quebec in 1785
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Contemporary Notables of the name Guion (post 1700) +

John Isaac Guion, American politician from Mississippi
Walter Guion (1849-1927), American Democratic Party politician, District Judge in Louisiana, 1888-1900; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1913-17; U.S. Senator from Louisiana, 1918 4
John Isaac Guion (1802-1855), American politician, Member of Mississippi State Senate, 1842-46, 1846-50; Governor of Mississippi, 1851 4
James Guion, American politician, Member of New York State Assembly from Westchester County, 1818-21 4
Walter Guion (1849-1927), United States Senator from Louisiana
Gilberto Angelucci Guión (b. 1967), retired Venezuelan football goalkeeper
David Wendel Guion (1892-1981), Texan composer, best known for his arrangements of cowboy tunes
Brigadier-General Marshall Guion Randol (1882-1965), American Commandant of Field Artillery Replacement Training Center in 1942 5
Guion S. Bluford (b. 1942), American engineer and former NASA astronaut with over 28 days in space 6

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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 2016, January 20) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2014, March 26) Marshall Randol. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Randol/Marshall_Guion/USA.html
NASA Astronauts Homepage. (Retrieved 2011, January 18) Guion Bluford. Retrieved from http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/bluford-gs.html