| ![Show Contents]() Villars History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of VillarsWhat does the name Villars mean? The enchanting region of Bourgoigne was the historical homeland of the prominent surname Villars. Villars is a topographic surname, which is a type of hereditary surname. These were given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties. As a general rule, the greater the distance between an individual and their homeland, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, a person who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original village, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came. Early Origins of the Villars familyThe surname Villars was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France, where this family has been known to live from ancient times. Early History of the Villars familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Villars research. Another 181 words (13 lines of text) covering the years 1030, 1653 and 1734 are included under the topic Early Villars History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Villars Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Villars, Villar, Villart, Villare, Vilars, Vilart, Vilare, Villarts, Villares, Vilarts, Vilares, Villard, Villards, Villarte, Villarde, Villartes, Villardes, Vilarte, Vilarde, Vilartes, Vilardes, de Villars and many more. Early Notables of the Villars family- Claude Louis Hector de Villars (1653-1734), Prince de Martigues, Marquis then Duc de Villars, Vicomte de Melun, a French military commander and an illustrious general of Louis XIV of France, one of on...
| Villars migration to the United States | + |
Villars Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Jean Villars, who settled in Louisiana in 1756
- George Villars, aged 32, who arrived in Virginia in 1777 1
Villars Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- A Villars, aged 25, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1822 1
- John Villars, aged 30, who arrived in New Orleans, La in 1823 1
- Marino Villars, aged 16, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1825 1
- Francisco Villars, aged 45, who landed in New Orleans, La in 1831 1
| Contemporary Notables of the name Villars (post 1700) | + |
- Claude Louis Hector Villars (1653-1734), French soldier
- Anthony Keith "Tony" Villars (b. 1952), Welsh former international footballer
- 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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