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latour Name Meaning and History

French: topographic name for someone who lived near a tower, usually a defensive fortification or watchtower, from Old French tur; or a habitational name from various places called Latour or La Tour. This is a French Canadian secondary surname, which has also been used independently since 1705.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of latour Families in the US in 1920
Number of latour families
 30-58
 11-29
 1-10
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 115 - Messages: 372
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Books on the Latour Family CharonB182 0
Canadian Latours? russsoule 14
Peter Latour, Canadian,Native? Celina Bouffard 15
Latour NH NY Helen Noble 7
Looking for family Linda Latour 22
WWII Veteran (Unknown First Name) Latour Gerald_Vowell 2
Moses LaTour Donna LaTour 4
moise latour larry laforge 3
Alexis Etienne Grasset LaTour-Blanche Harrison Thomas LaTour 1
Pierre Latour dit Laforge vanassebernard 0

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