Show ContentsLa Framboise History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Noble surnames, such as La Framboise, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the French people. The original bearer of the name La Framboise, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Picardy. In France, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate.

Early Origins of the La Framboise family

The surname La Framboise was first found in Picardy (French: Picardie). It is thought that the name Laframboise, which derives from Laframb, originally comes the town of Amboise, located in central France's Loire Valley. 1

Early History of the La Framboise family

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La Framboise Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Laframboise, La Framboise, Laframboisière, La Framboisière, Laframbois and many more.

Early Notables of the La Framboise family

Notable amongst the family name at this period was Nicolas Abraham La Framboisière, a French doctor who was born in Guise during the sixteenth century. The son of prominent physician, Hector-Abraham, he learned his first notions of the medical arts from his father and wrote: "Since my young age I witnessed my father...
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La Framboise Ranking

In Quebec, Canada, the name La Framboise is the 799th most popular surname. 2


Canada La Framboise migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

La Framboise Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century
  • Jean Laframboise, whose marriage was recorded in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Quebec in 1688
La Framboise Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Pierre Laframboise married in Montreal in 1706
  • Nicolas Laframboise married in Quebec in 1736
  • Marie-Louise Laframboise married in Saint-Laurent, Quebec, in 1745
  • Louise Laframboise married in Quebec in 1752
  • Josette Laframboise married in Verchères, Quebec, in 1758
La Framboise Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century
  • Angélique Laframboise was born in Manitoba in 1833
  • Jean-Baptiste Laframboise was a butcher in Saint-Benoît, Quebec, in 1871

Contemporary Notables of the name La Framboise (post 1700) +

  • Madeline La Framboise (1780-1846), born Marguerite-Magdelaine Marcot, American fur trader in the Northwest Territory of the United States; she was of mixed Odawa and French descent
  • Louis G. Laframboise, American Republican politician, Candidate for New Hampshire State House of Representatives from Manchester 12th Ward, 1938 3
  • Michèle Laframboise (b. 1960), Canadian science fiction writer and comics artist, a finalist for a Governor General's Literary Award in 2009
  • Michel Laframboise (1793-1865), French Canadian fur trader in the Oregon Country, he worked for the Pacific Fur Company, the North West Company, and the Hudson’s Bay Company
  • Peter Alfred "Pete" Laframboise (b. 1950), retired Canadian NHL ice hockey player who played from 1966 to 1979
  • Maurice Laframboise (1821-1882), Canadian lawyer, judge and politician, Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec for Shefford (1871-1878)
  • Mario Laframboise (b. 1957), Canadian politician, MNA for Blainville, Quebec (2014-) Member of the Canadian Parliament for Argenteuil-Papineau-Mirabel (2000-2011)
  • Dana Laframboise (b. 1980), Canadian champion lightweight boxer
  • James Laframboise, Canadian physics professor in Toronto
  • Guy Laframboise, Canadian laryngologist and professor of otolaryngology at the University of Ottawa


  1. Dionne, N.-E., Origine Des Familles Canadiennes-Français. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. Print.
  2. "The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 1) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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