Laramy History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Laramy family

The surname Laramy was first found in Forez, a former province of France, now part of the modern Loire département, the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme départements, where this distinguished family held a family seat from ancient times, and were important members of the aristocracy.

About the 14th century they branched south into Languedoc on the south coast of France and also to the north-east on the border with Belgium where they held a family seat in the province of Liège. They also branched to Dombes on the Rhône in the south-east of France. They flourished on their estates until the French Revolution in 1789 when many aristocrats lost their lands. La Ramée and the Phantom is a French fairy tale collected by Achille Millien and Paul Delarue.

Jean-Baptiste Laramee, born in 1730, came to New France in the 18th century. After arriving in Canada he married Marguerite Sylvain on 14th March 1759. They settled together in Quebec until Jean-Baptiste's death on 26th October 1786. 1

Early History of the Laramy family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Laramy research. Another 59 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1515, 1572 and 1717 are included under the topic Early Laramy History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Laramy Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Laramée, Laramee, Laramey, Laramy, Ramée, Ramee and many more.

Early Notables of the Laramy family

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Migration of the Laramy family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Jean Laramée arrived in Quebec in 1675 from Poitou; William Ramey settled in San Francisco Cal. in 1866.

Contemporary Notables of the name Laramy (post 1700) +

Martin Laramy, American movie set director

Sources +

Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print