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Spelling variations of this family name include: Vaillant, Vailant, Vailland, Vailand, Le Vailland, Levailland, LeVaillant, Le Vaillant, Levaillant, Vaillancourt and many more. |
Spelling variations of this family name include: Vaillant, Vailant, Vailland, Vailand, Le Vailland, Levailland, LeVaillant, Le Vaillant, Levaillant, Vaillancourt and many more. |
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First found in Lorraine where this distinguished family were anciently seated at [[Gulis]], and were important members of the aristocracy of that region.<ref>http://www.historicalnames.com/namelistdetail_v.asp?surname=Vaillancourt</ref> Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Louis-Marie Vailant who settled in Louisiana in 1714 <ref>http://www.historicalnames.com/namelistdetail_v.asp?surname=Vaillancourt</ref> and Robert Vaillancourt of Normandy, France, settled in ile d'orlean, Quebec in 1666.<ref>http://genealogy.familyeducation.com/surname-origin/vaillancourt</ref> |
First found in Lorraine where this distinguished family were anciently seated at [[Gulis]], and were important members of the aristocracy of that region.<ref>http://www.historicalnames.com/namelistdetail_v.asp?surname=Vaillancourt</ref> Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Louis-Marie Vailant who settled in Louisiana in 1714 |
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the name Vaillancourt came from a site in Pas-de-Calais, named Willencourt, a name which originated from an abbey in Picardy in France, the country of Ponthieu. This name was also written WILLANCOURT,Villencourt and became in Canada, Vaillancour and Vaillancourt. |
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<ref>http://www.historicalnames.com/namelistdetail_v.asp?surname=Vaillancourt</ref> and Robert Vaillancourt of Normandy, France, settled in ile d'orlean, Quebec in 1666.<ref>http://genealogy.familyeducation.com/surname-origin/vaillancourt</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:39, 2 August 2012
Vaillancourt (Valencourt) is a surname of French origins, most commonly found in province of Quebec, Canada.[1]
Brief Family History
Spelling variations of this family name include: Vaillant, Vailant, Vailland, Vailand, Le Vailland, Levailland, LeVaillant, Le Vaillant, Levaillant, Vaillancourt and many more.
First found in Lorraine where this distinguished family were anciently seated at Gulis, and were important members of the aristocracy of that region.[2] Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Louis-Marie Vailant who settled in Louisiana in 1714 the name Vaillancourt came from a site in Pas-de-Calais, named Willencourt, a name which originated from an abbey in Picardy in France, the country of Ponthieu. This name was also written WILLANCOURT,Villencourt and became in Canada, Vaillancour and Vaillancourt. [3] and Robert Vaillancourt of Normandy, France, settled in ile d'orlean, Quebec in 1666.[4]
Motto
Je ne change point (I don't change my mind)
Notable Vaillancourts include
- Armand Vaillancourt, a Québécois sculptor, painter and performance artist
- Chris G. Vaillancourt, Canadian artist and poet
- Claude Vaillancourt, Canadian lawyer, judge and politician
- Cyrille Vaillancourt, Canadian businessman and politician
- Cyrille Émile Vaillancourt, Canadian physician and politician
- François Vaillancourt, Montreal-based Canadian painter
- Gilles Vaillancourt, mayor of the city of Laval, Quebec, Canada in 1989
- Judith Vaillancourt, co-founder and designer of Vaillancourt Folk Art
- Michel Vaillancourt, Canadian show jumper
- Sarah Vaillancourt, Canadian Olympics women's ice hockey player
References
- ^ http://www.canpages.ca/ps/index.jsp?fi=search&lang=0&ty=N&lna=Vaillancourt&fna=&pr=&ct=&city=Quebec+%26+Area%2C+QC&ph=&fi.x=56&fi.y=7&fi=Search&fi=save
- ^ http://www.historicalnames.com/namelistdetail_v.asp?surname=Vaillancourt
- ^ http://www.historicalnames.com/namelistdetail_v.asp?surname=Vaillancourt
- ^ http://genealogy.familyeducation.com/surname-origin/vaillancourt
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