The Vaillancourt surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,709 people carried this name — #8,834 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 79,400 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,574 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Vaillancourt surname

Vaillancourt: a habitational surname from placenames.

Inherited from Old French Villencourt, from the Abbey of Villencourt (Abbaye de Villencourt), from ville+en+court, from being the location where Count William of Ponthieu held court in Thurn, on land belonging to Guillaume D'Abberville where the abbey was.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Vaillancourt» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Vaillancourt in American newspapers,
1908–1923.

Newspaper page from Echo De L'Ouest carrying the name Vaillancourt
Echo De L'Ouest 1908-06-05
Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Vaillancourt
El Paso Herald 1913-11-02
Newspaper page from The Idaho Republican carrying the name Vaillancourt
The Idaho Republican 1923-01-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,029 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Vaillancourt,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Janvier-A. Vaillancourt
    Janvier-A. Vaillancourt 1851–1928 · banker
  • Cyrille Vaillancourt
    Cyrille Vaillancourt 1892–1969 · businessperson

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 89 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Vaillancourt,
in the records of 3 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States424 records

424 records of the Vaillancourt name in the United States
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 219
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 122
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 52
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 17
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Romeo Vaillancourt

    Born 1911 in Maine. Enlisted 1942 at Bangor; teamster from Aroostook County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Edward John Vaillancourt

    Born 1951; from Pawtucket, Rhode Island. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1970 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Kenneth J. Vaillancourt

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1939, died 1996; buried at Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 424 records for Vaillancourt in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada17 records

17 records of the Vaillancourt name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 11
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Marilyn Vaillancourt

    Buried in 1973 at Fairview Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Gary Robert Vaillancourt

    Died in service in 2000.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Paul Emile Vaillancourt

    Married 1947 in Bridgewater, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 17 records for Vaillancourt in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Vaillancourt name in Australia NSW convict, estate and railway indexes
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Joseph Vaillancourt

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Lord Lyndoch, arriving 1838.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain).

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