Pageot History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Pageot

What does the name Pageot mean?

During that dark period of history known as the Middle Ages, the name of Pageot was first used in France. While the patronymic and metronymic surnames, which are derived from the name of the father and mother respectively, are the most common form of a hereditary surname in France, occupational surnames also emerged during the late Middle Ages. Many people, such as the Pageot family, adopted the name of their occupation as their surname. However, an occupational name did not become a hereditary surname until the office or type of employment became hereditary. The surname Pageot was an occupational name for a young servant to a nobleman who was in the first stage of training for knighthood. Such a servant was known in Old French as a page.

Early Origins of the Pageot family

The surname Pageot was first found in Dauphiny (French: Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois), a former province in southeastern France, where the family was anciently seated in a parish, in the department of Isère, in the district of Vienne.

Several members of this distinguished family became well-known. Gui Pageau, a poet from Le Mans, published a volume of "Cantiques" and "Noëls" in 1584. Margarit Pageau was also a poet; he was born in Vendôme during the 16th century. He published his work, "Oeuvres poétiques." Louis-Léon Pajot, Count of Onsembray, was born in Paris in 1678. He took the philosophy of Descartes and wrote several works on this subject. After the death of his father, he inherited a country estate in Bercy. He died in 1753.

Early History of the Pageot family

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Pageot Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Page, Pages, Pagé, Paget, Pager, Pageot, Pajot, Pageon, Pagenot, Pagenel, Pagenelle, Pageard, Pageaud, Pageau and many more.

Early Notables of the Pageot family

Louis Pajot, who was born in Paris, and who died in 1798. He was a drummer in a battalion of French volunteers. Pierre-François Page was born in 1764 in la Gardelle, in Haute-Garonne...
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Pageot Ranking

France, the name Pageot is the 6,143^rd most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1

Pageot migration to Canada +

Pageot Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Thomas Pageot, son of Thomas and Catherine, who married Catherine Roy, daughter of Mathurin and Marguerite, in Quebec on 13th November 1675 2

Pageot Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Jean-Baptiste Pageot, son of Thomas and Catherine, who married Marie Paradis, daughter of Jean and Jeanne, in Charlesbourg, Quebec on 26th November 1703 2
Joseph Pageot, son of Thomas and Catherine, who married Madeleine Boesmé, daughter of Charles and Anne, in Charlesbourg, Quebec on 24th February 1716 2
Thomas Pageot, son of Jean-Baptiste and Marie, who married Madeleine Gervais, daughter of Jacques and Madeleine, in Charlesbourg, Quebec on 17th October 1729 2
Jean Pageot, son of Jean-Baptiste and Marie, who married Marie-Thérèse Jobin, daughter of Jacques and Adriane, in Charlesbourg, Quebec on 22nd January 1731 2
Ignace-Jean Pageot, son of Joseph and Madeleine, who married Marie-Françoise Toupin, daughter of Antoine and Françoise, in Château-Richer, Quebec on 13th February 1750 2
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Contemporary Notables of the name Pageot (post 1700) +

François Marie Sébastien Pageot, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 3

Sources +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Internoscia, Arthur E., and Claire Chevrier. Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français 1608-1760. Vol. 2, Institut Drouin, 1958.
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, June 16) François Pageot. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html