Louviere Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The noble French surname Louviere is of ancient descent, and appears to be of locative origin. The name Louviere belongs to the category of surnames which are derived from the place where the original bearer once lived or held land. Thus, the surname Louviere signifies "a local of Louviers."

Louviere Early Origins

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The surname Louviere was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where the family was established since the early Middle Ages.

Louviere Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Louvieres, Louvier, Louviers, Louvières and others.

Louviere Early History

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Louviere Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Louviere Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Don Francois De Louviere, who landed in Louisiana in 1805-1809 ^[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
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)

Contemporary Notables of the name Louviere (post 1700)

Jacques Louviere (b. 1935), respected French businessman in the early 20th century

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Citations

^ 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)

Other References

Samuelsen, W. David. New York City Passenger List Manifests Index 1820 - 1824. North Salt Lake, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems International, 1986. Print.
Guérard, Albert Léon. France: a Modern History. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1959. Print.
Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
D'Hozier Charles. Armorial Général de France. Paris: Dillon, 1875. Print.
Egle, William Henry. Pennsylvania Genealogies Scotch-Irish and German. Harrisburg: L.S. Hart, 1886. Print.
De Ville, Winston. Gulf Coast Colonials, A Compendium of French Families in Early Eighteenth Century Louisiana. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, 1999. Print.
Browning, Charles H. Americans of Royal Descent. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
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The Louviere Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Louviere Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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