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Early Origins of the Madore family

The surname Madore was first found in Brittany.

Early History of the Madore family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Madore research. The years 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1891 are included under the topic Early Madore History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Madore Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Madore, Mador and others.

Early Notables of the Madore family

Notable amongst this name at this time was

  • many individuals in Canada, such as Olivier Madore, a grocer in Lachine, Quebec in 1851
  • Jean-Baptiste Madore worked in Montreal in 1861
  • George Madore was a fisherman in Flat Bay, Newfoundland in 1871
  • Godefroi Madore was a doctor and surgeon in Pointe-Claire, Quebec in 1891
  • Didace Madore was an innkeeper in Valleyfield, Quebec in 1891
  • François Madore was an entrepreneur in Angele De Merici, Quebec in 1891
  • Joseph Madore was a grocer in Lachine, Quebec in 1891
  • Zéphirin Madore was a wheelwright in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Quebec in 1891
  • Gustave Madore was a secretary in Montreal in 1891
  • David Madore was an entrepreneur in Montreal in 1891
  • Joseph Madore was a clerk in Montreal in 1891

Madore World Ranking

In the United States, the name Madore is the 6,802nd most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 1 However, in Quebec, Canada, the name Madore is ranked the 783rd most popular surname. 2 And in Newfoundland, Canada, the name Madore is the 780th popular surname with an estimated 53 people with that name. 3


United States Madore migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Madore Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Pasquale Madore, aged 32, who immigrated to the United States, in 1895
Madore Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Francesco Madore, aged 20, who landed in America from Gallo, in 1903
  • Victoria Madore, who landed in America, in 1906
  • John James Madore, aged 19, who immigrated to America from St. Helens, England, in 1913
  • Ferdinand Madore, aged 40, who immigrated to the United States, in 1917
  • William Madore, aged 18, who settled in America, in 1919
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Canada Madore migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Madore Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century
  • Jean-Henri Madore, who married in Quebec in 1687

Contemporary Notables of the name Madore (post 1700) +

  • Nelson Madore (b. 1943), American politician and academic, Mayor of Waterville, Maine (1999-2004)
  • Shelley Madore, American politician, Minnesota State Representative to District 37A (2007 to 2009)
  • Hervé Madore, French silver medalist slalom canoeist at the 1981 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships
  • Rolande Madore, Canadian curling skip representing Quebec at the 2012 Canadian Masters Curling Championships
  • Joseph Alexandre Camille Madore (1858-1906), Canadian politician, Member of the Canadian Parliament for Hochelaga (1896-1903)
  • David A Madore (b. 1976), French Canadian mathematician
  • Lina Madore, Canadian Acadian author born in New Brunswick


  1. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  2. "The first 1,000 family names by rank, Quebec (in French only)" Institut de la statistique du Quebec, https://statistique.quebec.ca/en/document/family-names-in-quebec/tableau/the-first-1000-family-names-by-rank-quebec
  3. The order of Common Surnames in 1955 in Newfoundland retrieved on 20th October 2021 (retrieved from Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland by E.R. Seary corrected edition ISBN 0-7735-1782-0)


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