D'Aoust

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Daoust, D'Aoust, Deault or Dault is a common French language surname, people with this family name can be found in most of Canada (especially in Quebec, Eastern Ontario), the USA and Belgium.

Contents 1 History 2 Heraldry 3 People 4 Places 5 Other 6 Reference

[edit] History

The first record of someone with the surname Daoust can be traced back to 1459 in the Picardie region of northern France¹.

[edit] Heraldry

red backing is sign of: Warrior or martyr; Military strength and magnanimity

white dove with olive branch: signifies a harbinger of good tidings

[edit] People

• Charles Daoust (1825 – 1868), politician of Canada East
• Guillaume Daoust, first Daoust in New France, ancestor of all North America's Daoust's, arrived in 1675.
• Jean-Baptiste Daoust (1817 – 1891), MP for Deux-Montagnes, Quebec
• Reverend Dr. Jean-Jacques D'Aoust, Ph.D., fellow of the Jesus Seminar
• Jean-Paul Daoust, poet
• Nathalie Daoust, photographer
• Sévère D'Aoust, first colonizer of Sarsfield, Ontario
• Sylvia Daoust, C.M., C.Q., A.R.C. (1902 - 2004), sculptor

[edit] Places

Daoust's Corner, former name of Sarsfield, Ontario region prior to 1874

[edit] Other

• Paul D'Aoust Construction Ltd. v. Markel Insurance Co. of Canada, [2001] 3 S.C.R. 744; 2001 SCC 84, [1]

[edit] Reference

¹Marianne Mulon, Origine et histoire des noms de famille : Essais d'anthroponymie, Editions Errance, Paris, 2002, coll. Des Hesperides, 196p.