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![Show Contents]() Parey History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 France
The Parey surname is derived from the French word, "paré", which is the past participle of the verb, "parer", meaning, "to prepare", therefore the name was originally occupational, for someone who finished cloth. Early Origins of the Parey familyThe surname Parey was first found in Auvergne, a historic province in south central France where the family was established in early times in the department of Puy-de-Dôme. Several members if this family distinguished themselves. Ambroise Paré was a surgeon, who was born in Laval around the beginning of the 16th century, and who died in Paris, in 1590. He was called the "barber of the kings" - Henry II, François II and Charles IX, and he was known as the restorer of surgery in France. He wrote "Les Préceptes Chirurgicaux", a work of 28 volumes. Early History of the Parey familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Parey research. Another 44 words (3 lines of text) covering the years 1510 and 1590 are included under the topic Early Parey History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Parey Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Paré, Pare, Paret, Parey, Paray, Parat, Parateau and many more. Early Notables of the Parey familyAnother 33 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Parey Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
 Parey migration to the United States | + |
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Parey Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- Richard Parey, who arrived in Maryland in 1668 1
Parey Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- J. Parey, who settled in San Francisco in 1850
- W H Parey, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Parey (post 1700) | + |
- Parey Pershing Branton Sr. (b. 1916), retired American businessman and a former Democratic member of the Louisiana House
- 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)
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Parey migration to the United States 
