Lievre History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Lievre family

The surname Lievre was first found in Artois, a former province of northern France where this illustrious family held a family seat with lands and manor for many centuries. The family were well established in the region of Arras and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

In French, Les Lièvre are small mammals in the family Leporidae and are herbivorous wild animals, similar to rabbits.

Early History of the Lievre family

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Lievre Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Lièvre, Lelièvre, Lièvrard, Dulièvre, Delièvre and many more.

Early Notables of the Lievre family

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Lievre Ranking

France, the name Lievre is the 1,686^th most popular surname with an estimated 3,589 people with that name. 1

Lievre migration to the United States +

Lievre Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

L A L Lievre, who landed in New York, NY in 1850 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Lievre (post 1700) +

Armand Charles Louis Le Lièvre, Count de La Grange, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3
Adélaïde Blaise François Le Lièvre, Marquis de La Grange et de Fourilles, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 4

Sources +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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)
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, April 8) Armand Lièvre. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, April 8) Adélaïde Lièvre. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html