Laurier History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

The surname Laurier is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties. As a general rule, the greater the distance between individuals and their homelands, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, people who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original villages, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came. The name Laurier is derived from the Old French word "laurier," meaning bay tree, and indicates that the original bearer of the name lived near such trees.

Early Origins of the Laurier family

The surname Laurier was first found in Périgord, where, despite a lack of documented evidence it is thought that ancestors of this name may have long been established.

Early History of the Laurier family

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Laurier Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Deslauriers, Deslaurier, Desloriers, Deslorier, Délauriers, Délaurier, Déloriers, Délorier, Deslouriers, Deslourier, Délouriers, Délourier, Laurier, Lauriers, Lorier, Loriers, Lorrier, Lorriers, Lourier, Louriers, De Laurier, De Laurieres, De Loriers and many more.

Early Notables of the Laurier family

Notable amongst the name at this time was

Pierre-Anne Louis Deslaurier, who in 1779 became royal notary at Beaufort, Maine and Loire...

Laurier Ranking

In France, the name Laurier is the 7,489^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Laurier family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Robert Deslauriers, who settled in Montreal in 1651; Noel Legaud, son of Roch Legaud dit Deslauriers, married Marie Besnard in Montreal in 1698; Edward Lorier who settled in Philadelphia in 1856..

Contemporary Notables of the name Laurier (post 1700) +

Alain Laurier (1944-2023), French football manager and player, born in Créteil (Val-de-Marne)
Prime Minister Sir Wilfrid Laurier (1841-1919), seventh Prime Minister of Canada from 1896 to 1911
Wilfrid Laurier McDougald (1881-1942), Canadian politician, Senator for Wellington, Quebec (1926-1932)
Laurier André "Larry Andrew" Archambeault (1919-1981), Canadian professional ice hockey player who played from 1938 to 1953
Laurier J. Boisvert, former President of the Canadian Space Agency
Laurier Arthur Régnier (1903-1990), Progressive Conservative party member of the Canadian House of Commons
Laurier Melanson, Canadian novelist in Montreal
Laurier Lister (1907-1986), American theatre producer, director, and performer

Citations +

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