Lagaux History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Lagaux family

Early History of the Lagaux family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lagaux research. Another 74 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1066, 1481, 1573, 1606, 1625, 1629, 1631, 1634, 1636, 1668, 1672, 1686, 1858 and 1942 are included under the topic Early Lagaux History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Lagaux Spelling Variations

There were a great number of spelling variations in French surnames. One reason for this was the wide variety of cultural influences present in France during the early development of the French language. The many spelling variations of the name include Gaultier, Gault, Legault, Legaultier and others.

Early Notables of the Lagaux family

Notable amongst the family in this period was Philippe Gaultier de Comporté, soldier, seigneur, commissary of the King's warehouses, provost of the Marshalsea, naval commissary. He was the son of Philippe Gaultier, Sieur de Rinault, and of Gillette de Veron, who married Marie Bazire in 1672. René Gaultier de Varennes, officer in the Carignan-Salières regiment, seigneur, was the Governor of Trois-Rivières in 1668. Huges Guéru, also known as Gaultier-Garguille...
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Migration of the Lagaux family

In 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec, in 1663 there were only 500, 2,000 migrants arrived during the next decade. Early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. Youths of 18 took fourteen-year-old girls for their wives. The fur trade was developed and attracted migrants, both noble and commoner from France. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries. Migration from France to New France or Quebec as it was now more popularly called, continued from France until it fell in 1759. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many distinguished contributions have been made by members of this family name Lagaux. It has been prominent in the arts, religion, politics and culture in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Lagaux were Michel Gaultier, who arrived in Louisiana in 1718; René Gaultier, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719; Samuel Gault, who arrived in New York in 1804.