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Early Origins of the Lachaise family

The surname Lachaise was first found in Languedoc where this family held a family seat from very early times.

Early History of the Lachaise family

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Lachaise Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lacheyss, Lacheysserie, Lecheyss, La Cheyss, Le Cheyss, Decheyss, Ducheyss, De Cheyss, Du Cheyss, La Chess, Lachess, Lachesse, Le Chess, Lachaise, Lachaize, Chaize, Chaise, Chaisse, Cheysse, Lechaize, LaCheyse, Chayes, Lechaise, Lacheysseries, La Cheysserie and many more.

Early Notables of the Lachaise family

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United States Lachaise migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lachaise Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • James Armand Lachaise, who landed in New York, NY in 1833 1

Canada Lachaise migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Lachaise Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century
  • Louis Lachaise, son of Louis and Marie, who married Jeanne-Claude Duboisandré, daughter of Jacques and Marie, in Quebec on 30th October 1667 2
Lachaise Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Jean-Baptiste Lachaise, son of Jean-Baptiste and Jeanne-Françoise, who married Hélène Valiquet, daughter of Pierre and Élisabeth, in Boucherville, Quebec on 2nd December 1730 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Lachaise (post 1700) +

  • Gaston Lachaise (1882-1935), American painter
  • Jacques François Lachaise, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3


  1. 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)
  2. Internoscia, Arthur E., and Claire Chevrier. Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français 1608-1760. Vol. 2, Institut Drouin, 1958.
  3. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, March 25) Jacques Lachaise. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html


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