| ![Show Contents]() Lebree History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
- Origins Available:
 France Early Origins of the Lebree familyThe surname Lebree was first found in Lorraine where this distinguished family held a family seat, and the main stem of this aristocratic family were elevated to the nobility on the 4th July 1622. They became the Marquis de Brie. In Champagne they held a family seat in Camprond and intermarried with the distinguished family of Sablonnière. They branched westward into Brittany where they were elevated to the nobility as the Barons de Retz. From this point they moved south to Anjou and held a family seat at Serrant. They also branched to Limousin where they held estates. The family also established a house in Bourgogne at Brochardiere. Jean LaBrie, son of Louis and Jeanne, travelled from France to Canada in the 17th century. After arriving in Quebec he married Marie-Xainte Boucher, daughter of Pierre and Marie, at Château-Richer on 7th November 1689. 1 Early History of the Lebree familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Lebree research. The years 1528, 1530, 1532, 1598, 1823, 1843 and 1844 are included under the topic Early Lebree History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Lebree Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Labrie, Labre, Labree, Labret, L'Abri, Brie, DeBrie, Debrie, Dubray, Brehaut, Briart and many more. Early Notables of the Lebree familyNotable in the family name was Dick Theodore De Brie (1528-1598), French engraver, born at Liege in 1528, and worked for the greater part of his life at Frankfort. "He was for some years in London, and did work here which makes his name of some interest to the English student. He engraved the plates to Boissard's 'Roman Antiquities,' published in four volumes. " 2Étienne Briard was an engraver of music, born at Bar-le-Duc towards the end of the 15th century, settled at Avignon in 1530. He replaced the square characters hitherto in use by round ones, and devised a simple...
Another 116 words (8 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Lebree Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Lebree familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Cecily Labree landed in America in 1704; Charles Labre settled in Quebec in 1760 from Poitou on the west coast of France.
- Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
- Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
 |
