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Updated August 21, 2024

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Family name origins & meanings

  • French : from a Germanic name composed of the elements wil ‘will’, ‘desire’ + rīc ‘power(ful)’.
  • Simon Guillory emigrated from Chartre-sur-Cher to Canada in 1646; his grandson Joseph-Grégoire moved to Opelousas, LA, in 1764.

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