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Contemporary Notables Historic Events Related Stories Citations

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Early Origins of the Laborde family

The surname Laborde was first found in Forez, a former province of France, now part of the modern Loire, the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme départements, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor in the region of Lyonais. The family were well established in this region and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived. The name Laborde is derived from the word "bordo" which means "shore, bank."

Early History of the Laborde family

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Laborde Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Borde, Bordes, de la Borde, de Borde, de Bord, Bord, de la Bord, des Bord and many more.

Early Notables of the Laborde family

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Laborde Ranking

In the United States, the name Laborde is the 10,608^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1 However, in France, the name Laborde is ranked the 372^nd most popular surname with an estimated 11,256 people with that name. 2

Laborde migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Laborde Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Joseph Laborde, who landed in Mississippi in 1857 3

Laborde Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Clotilde Laborde, aged 23, who immigrated to America from Paris, France, in 1908
Etieune Laborde, aged 65, who immigrated to the United States from Oleron, France, in 1908
Adele Laborde, aged 28, who landed in America from Ance, France, in 1909
Berget Laborde, aged 48, who immigrated to the United States from Beost, France, in 1909
Anna Laborde, aged 22, who settled in America from Paris, France, in 1911
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Laborde migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Laborde Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Jacques Laborde, son of Bertrand and Jeanne, who married Marie Lemoine, daughter of Pierre and Catherine, in Quebec on 12th November 1696 4

Laborde Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Pierre-Marie Laborde, son of Jacques and Marie, who married Marie-Madeleine Le Vitre, daughter of Guillaume and Geneviève, in Quebec on 4th January 1727 4
Pierre Laborde, son of Alexandre and Marguerite, who married Marie-Madeleine Massy, daughter of Jacques and Marie-Madeleine, in Quebec on 29th May 1741 4
Jean Laborde, son of Jean and Catherine, who married Geneviève Gromelin, daughter of Noel and Marie, in Quebec on 8th November 1756 4
Jean Laborde, son of Bernard and Marguerite, who married Madeline Choret, daughter of Pierre and Marie-Geneviève, in Pointe-aux-Trembles, Quebec on 21st September 1761 4

Contemporary Notables of the name Laborde (post 1700) +

Raymond Julian Laborde I (1927-2016), American businessman and politician, Speaker Pro Tempore of the Louisiana House of Representatives (1982-1984), Mayor of Marksville, Louisiana (1958-1970)
Mae Laborde (1909-2012), American television and film actress, who began her career at the age of 93
Genie Z. Laborde (b. 1928), American author, educator, video producer
Adras LaBorde (1912-1993), American reporter and columnist for the Alexandria Daily Town Talk, Louisiana
Henri LaBorde (1909-1993), American silver medalist discus thrower at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Jean Laborde (1922-2022), French politician and French Resistance fighter in World War II, Mayor of Auch (1977-1995), Member of the French National Assembly (1973-1993)
Françoise Laborde (b. 1958), French politician, member of the Senate of France
Jean-Joseph de Laborde (1724-1794), French politician
Jean Laborde (1805-1878), the first French consul to Madagascar, early industrialist and adventurer
Alexandre de Laborde (1773-1842), French antiquary, liberal politician and writer
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Historic Events for the Laborde family +

HMS Dorsetshire

Edward Denzil Bickham Laborde (d. 1945), British Chaplain aboard the HMS Dorsetshire when she was struck by air bombers and sunk; he died in the sinking 5

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)
Internoscia, Arthur E., and Claire Chevrier. Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français 1608-1760. Vol. 2, Institut Drouin, 1958.
Force Z Survivors HMS Dorsetshire Crew List, (Retrieved 2018, February 13th), https://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listdorsetshirecrew.html