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Geographical origins


2 French areas
seem to be implied:

'VENDEE'
where the most
common spelling is
CHAUVEAU

and

'CHARENTES'
where the most
common spelling is
CHAUVAUD

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[Chauvaud's taylor's shop]

But there were a lot of
mistakes made !
For exemple, my grand father,
orginated from the Charente area,
and thus named 'CHAUVAUD',
(here you can see his taylor's shop),

switched to 'CHAUVEAU'
when he married in 1906,
because of a clerk's mispelling !

 

 

 

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so, different spelling are known ...

Chauveau,

Chauveaud,

Chauvaud

any others ?

[les Chauvauds]

Les Chauvauds, is 10 kilometers north of
ANGOULEME, CHARENTE, FRANCE