List of Henri Chapelle surnames

by HERALY1 | Feb 15, 2026

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Henri-Chapelle is now a section of the municipality of Welkenraedtin province of Liège (Wallonia), close to: the German border, the Netherlands and Aachen
It's a village of strategic border zone, This explains its history, which has been marked by conflict and changes in sovereignty.

Origin of the name

The name comes from : «Henrici Capella» = Henry's chapel
It would refer either to a local lord called Henry, or to the emperor Henry II or Henry III (hypothesis linked to the Holy Roman Empire).
The village grew up around a medieval chapel, which later became Saint-Georges church.

Duchy of Limburg :
A principality of Holy Roman Empire
Partly Germanic and Thiois culture and institutions

In 1288 :
After the Battle of Worringen, the Duchy of Limburg came under the control of the Duchy of Brabant. So Henri-Chapelle becomes brabançon for several centuries.
Then, like all of Brabant, there was Burgundian, Spanish and Austrian domination.

Revolutionary period and XIXᵉ century

1795: Annexed by France (like the whole region).
1815: Switches to Kingdom of the Netherlands.
1830: Becomes Belgian These changes explain :
different administrative languages in archives
mixed cultural influences (Romanic and Germanic).

In a nutshell

Henri-Chapelle is: a medieval village of Duchy of Limburg, became Brabant, a land border and strategic,a typical agricultural region of the Pays de Herve, a place strongly marked by the two world wars, a major memorial site with the American cemetery

List of surnames extracted from baptismal records from 1615-1746, marriage records from 1640-1794 & death records from 1639-1794

ABRAHEM, A CAMPO, AEN, ALDENHOF, ARETS, ARENTS
BAGETTE, BAGUETTE, BAILLY, BALTES, BALTHES, BALTUS, BARVAUX, BASTAPREZ, BASTIN, BAUR, BAWENS, BAUWENS, BAYAR, BEBRONNE, BECKER, BEGASSE, BEITEL, BEITELT, BERTRAND,BERTRAN, BERTRANG, BEUVEN, BEYER, BIBAX, BIBAUX, BIRVEN, BLUM, BONGARTS, BORBOUX, BOURBOUX, BORN, BOUCHMO, BOUCHMON, BOUCHTAY, BOUHA, BOUR, BOURGUIGNON, BRAGARD, BRANDT, BRASSEUR, BRAWERS, BRENDER, BREVER, BREWER, BROWERS, BROUWERS, BRUNFELDT, BURGERS.
CAMP, CAMPO, CHAINEUX, CHANTRAINE, CHARLIER, CLAES, CLAES, CLAESSENS, CLEEN, CLEYN, CLOOT, CLOSSET, COLIN, COLINS, COLLA, COLLAS, COLLARD, COLLARDT, COLLAU, COLLAUX, COLLETTE, CONINGS, CONRARD, COOL, CORDONNIER, CORMAN, CORNELIS, COUDRON, COUNHAYE, CREMER, CRONENBERG, CROQUET, CRUSTIN, CRUTZEN, CRUYDEN, CRUYTEN, CUYPER.
DAEL, DAELEN, DANTZ, DARDENNE, DAUTZENBERG, DAVIPONT, DEBYE, DEBOUXHON, DEBY, DECHAMPS, DECLOUX, DECOUVE,
DE FROMANTEAU, DEHESELLE, DELCOUR, DELHAES, DELHEZ, DELWIGGE, DEMOULIN, DENYS, DERICHS, DERUYF, DESONAIS, DETHIER, DETIÔGE, DE CRIPS DE BERG, DOBBELSTEIN, DOCK, DOEL, DOHM, DOOM, DRESEN, DRESSEN, DRIESEN, DRIESSENS, DUMOULIN.
ELSEN, ERKENS, ERNST, EVENS, ESSER.
FIEFF, FISCHER, FISENNE, FLUCHART, FRAMBACH, FRANCK, FRANSSEN, FREDERICH, FRERICH.
GADROLLE, GAUDERS, GENSTERBLOEM, GER(C)KENS, GERON, GERONO, GEURDEN, GIELEN, GI(E)RKENS, GIERKENS, GILLES, GILLET, GILLIS, GOBLET, GOBBELS, GODEFROID, GODIN, GOOR, GOESSENS, GOIR, GOIRS, GORDEN, GRANDJEAN, GRATEROLE, GRIGNARD, GRIGNEN, GROMLET, GROSJEAN, GOCTEAES, GUILIS, GULPEN.
HANOTTE, HANNOTTE, HANS, HAUSMAN, HENDRICHS, HENNEN, HENINGH, HENRI, HENROTTE, HENRY, HENRYMENTS. HAGELSTEIN, HALLEUX, HAMEL, HAN(N)S, HENNAN, HENS, HER(R)OTTE, HERROTTE, HERENS, HERZET, HESELLE, HEUSCH, HEYENDAEL, HICK, HODIAMONT, HOEN, HOFMAN, HOMPESCH, HUBERT, HUBERTI, HUNDS, HUNDTS, HUNGERS.
IMROTH.
JENNENS, JACOBI, JACOBY, JACOBS, JACQUEMIN, JACQUES, JACQUINET, JAMART, JAMINET, JANSEN, JASPAR, JEGHERS, JOHA, JOIR, JONAS.
KAIRIS, KEREN, KERRIS, KEVER, KLEIN, KLEINEN, KLINCKENBERG, KNORS, KOCH, KOEL, KOHL, KOMATEN, KONIGS, KREMER, KRISCHER, KUTTGENS, KUTTINGEN, KUYTS.
LABES, LABERS, LACROIX, LAMBERT, LAMBERTS, LANGHOOR, LAUREUX, LAPLANCHE, LARON-DELLE, LASCHET, LAURENT, LAUREUX, LAUTERMAN, LAWENS, LEGRAND, LEJEUNE, LEKEU, LEKISTE, LENERS, LENNERTS, LENOIR, LONARD, LEUCHTENNACHT, LINA, LINSEN, LINTZEN, LONGHAYE, LONGUEHAYE, LONNEUX, LOOP, LOUSBERGH, LOUVEN, LOUVENS, LUCKES.
MAGER, MAGHER, MALMENDIER, MALVAUX, MASSION, MATHAUS, MATHIAS, MATHONET, MAWET, MEESS, MEESSEN, MERCKOFF, MERTENS, MESTERTS, MEURENS, MICHELS, MICHY, MOMMERS, MONAR, MULLENDER.
NAGELSCHMIDT, NAVEAU, NEISSENS, NEULENS, NICOLAI, NICOLET, NOLENS, NOLS, NUELENS, NUTTEBORN, NYSSEN.
OLIVIER, OTTEN.
PACOT, PALM, PANQUART, PANTZER, PAQUAY, PAULI, PAUWELS, PELZER, PETERKEN, PETERS, PETIT, PETITHOMME, PETITJEAN, PETRI, PHILIPS, PIKRE, PIRLOT, PIRNAY, PIRON, PISTORIS, PLAIRE, PLAYR, PLEER, PLUMACHER, PLUNUS, POLINAR, POMAY, POMMAY, PORT, POTTAY, POTTAYE, PROST, PROEST, PROUMENS, PROYST.
QUODBACH.
RADERMCKER, RADERMECKER, RAPHAÓL, RASQUIN, REINARDS, REINARDERTS, REIP, REUL, REYNARS, REYNAERDS, ROBERT, ROBLOT, ROCKX, ROMENS, ROMMENS, ROMPEN, ROUET, ROWET, ROUWET.
SARTENER, SCHARES, SCHEEN, SCHEFFER, SCHENEN, SCHILLINGS, SCHIRVEL, SCHLOTMECKER, SCHLUTER, SCHMETZ, SCHMITZ, SCHNOECK, SCHOENMAECKER, SCHONBROODT, SCHONMACKER, SCHROER, SCHUMACHER, SCHWARTZ, SCHYNS, SERVAIS, SIMENS, SMETS, SOGLET, SOIRON, SPROETEN, STEINMETZER, STEIN, STRAET, STRAETEN. TALMA, TALMASE, TATER, TEIFF, THEISSEN, THIELEN, THIMISTER, THISKEN, THISQUEN, THOMAS, TIMMERMAN, TIXHON, TOSSAINT, TOUSSAINT, TOSSEN, TOSSINGH, TRAMM, TRAMP.
VANDERHEYDEN, VAUME, VEQRAI, VECQUERAI, VEQRAI, VECQUERAI, VECRAY, VECKRAY, VERVIER, VIEL-VOE, VILVORDE, VINCENT, VINCKEN, VIVARIO, VOES, VOOSS, VOSQUEN, VOSS, VROEGOP, VYFF.
WALRAFF, WALTHERI, WARRIMONT, WATTELER, WEBER, WELTER, WERTZ, WILLEMS, WINAND, WINDMUHLEN, WINGENS, WIRTZ.
XHONNEUX.
ZANDERS, ZARTNER, ZEVAER.