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FAMILY: The Chevallier Family
Chevallier (Chevalier) means "Knight" in French, and the name is as
common there as its English version is in America. Other Latin countries have
many people of similar names: Cavaliere, Caballero....In America, the name
occurs in Lousiana and other areas with a high French population. But those
sharing this name are not necessarily related.
One company promotes what they claim is the Chevallier coat of arms.
On the face of it, such a thing is unlikely, since the name itself is an
honorific roughly equivalent to 'Sir', as in 'Sir Rollo of Rottinngham'. The
coat of arms would attach to 'Rottingham', not to 'Rollo' and certainly not to
'Sir'.
Our branch is descended from a notary in the town of Fougères, a
French town in Brittany.
And no, no relation to Maurice......
LAST UPDATED: March 2003
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