Topic: Krempeaux


Summary

Krempeaux is a Polish family name with a French Language spelling. It might be best characterized as a French Family Name with a Polish origin.

Krempeaux is my Family Name.

Origins of the Name

The Krempeaux family originally came from Poland, where the name was spelled something like Kremposki. (Although I'm not completely sure how it was spelt.)

They went to France and the name was changed to Krempeaux. Basically, the "ski" part of the Kremposki was dropped (changing it to just "Krempo") and it was given a French spelling (changing it to "Krempeaux").

This seems to be consistent to what I have heard about French Family Names That End With an X.

Later, some of the Krempeaux's came to Canada. And as of 2006, all known people who bear the name Krempeaux live in Canada. (Since those who stayed in Europe are not known to have had any male children whose bloodlines survived and bear the name Krempeaux.) Although there are people with Krempeaux descent not living in Canada.

Polish Family Names That End With "ski"

Based on the research I've done, I've found that Polish names that end with "ski" are Polish families that were members of the szlachta -- members of the Polish nobility. At that time in history, about 10% to 30% of the Polish population was szlachta.

What a name like "Kremposki" meant is that at one time, there was a town named "Krempo" and that the "Kremposki" family owned it.

I have not yet been able to find any town in Poland named "Krempo". So (if I got the spelling correct) it was either renamed or no longer exists.

Common Given Names

Amoung the Krempeaux family many male children are given the name Charles and Robert.

I know that there has been at least 4 people named Charles Krempeaux. With myself being the latest one. (Each Charles Krempeaux had a different middle name though.)

It seems that people in the Krempeaux family (and the Kerr family of Canada) get named Robert (indirectly) because of a man named Robert Kerr. He was pretty well known in Canadian history and even has books written about him. Roughly, he's the Canadian version of Davie Crockett. He's also given credit for "discovering" or "mapping" much of Canada. According to my Dad, Robert Kerr -- my Dad's maternal grandfather -- was a pretty wild. And enjoyed partying. He'd show up in town with wads of hundreds (which was ALOT of money in that time).

Heraldry

I've never really been fan of the idea of a person or people forcibily "ruling" over others. But, I've choosen to include this because I tend to believe that you should never forget where you came from. That being aware of this part of the Krempeaux family history allows members of this family to get more information about their family due to the abundance of records of on some of these people.

Scottish Heraldry

There's a family story that (I can only assume that through Helen Elizabeth Kerr Krempeaux), that we are descendants of Mary Stuart, more commonly known as Mary, Queen of Scots or Mary I of Scotland.

I don't really know much about it other than my cousin told me about it. And that he was told about it by his Mother (who is my aunt and my Father's sister). My father never seemed to care about this kind of stuff, so, if he was aware of it, he never talked about it with me.

Iranian Heraldry

According to one of my Mother's sisters, their bloodline descends from Shah Abbas the Great, also known as Shah Abbas I. (His actual name was probably something like Sayyid Abbas Safavi; although that's just an educated guess... I haven't confirmed this through historical records or anything.)

And because of this, all people who currently bear the name Krempeaux have Safavi blood.

Some People with Krempeaux Descent

Here are some people with Krempeaux descent.

See Also

This family tree also overlaps with the following family trees...

-- Mirza Charles Iliya Krempeaux
       

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