Touchette Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The Touchette surname was taken on from any of several places so named, especially in Western France.

Touchette Early Origins

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The surname Touchette was first found in Touchet, an arrondissement of Moratin in Normandy. However, some of the family emigrated to England, likely about the time of the Norman Conquest. "Audley [in Staffordshire] gives the title of Baron to the family of Touchet."

Touchette Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Touchet, Touchett, Touchette, Le Touchet, Le Touchett, Le Touchette, Touche and many more.

Touchette Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Touchette research. Another 307 words (22 lines of text) covering the years 1313, 1371, 1371, 1408, 1963, 1409, 1459, 1491, 1465, 1497, 1558, 1689, 1549 and 1638 are included under the topic Early Touchette History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Touchette Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Touchette Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Joseph Touchette, who arrived in America in 1787 ^[2]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)

Touchette Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Joseph Touchette, aged 24, who settled in America, in 1920
Mary Flora Touchette, aged 39, who emigrated to the United States from Le Havre, in 1921
Joseph I. Touchette, aged 37, who emigrated to New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1923

Touchette Settlers in Canada in the 20th Century

J. K. Touchette, aged 43, who emigrated to Casselmar, Ontario, in 1913

Contemporary Notables of the name Touchette (post 1700)

Marc Touchette, Canadian politician, Borough councillor for Champlain–L'Île-des-Sœurs (2005-2009)
Antoine Touchette, Canadian actor
Pierre Touchette, Canadian Gemini nominated producer

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Citations

^ Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
^ 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

Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
Rupp, Daniel L. A Collection of Upwards of Thirty Thousand Names of German, Swiss, Dutch, French and Other Immigrants to Pennsylvania from 1727 to 1776. Baltimore. Print.
Bolton, Charles Knowles. Bolton's American Armory. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1964. Print.
Conrad, Glenn R. The First Families of Louisiana. Baton Rouge LA: Claitor's Publishing, 1970. Print.
Best, Hugh. Debrett's Texas Peerage. New York: Coward-McCann, 1983. Print. (ISBN 069811244X).
Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
Guérard, Albert Léon. France: a Modern History. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1959. Print.
Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
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The Touchette Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Touchette 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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