Vaux Family History & Genealogy

History

The surname Vaux was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France, where the family held a family seat from ancient times in the town of Volnay in the district of Beaune. When I have tried to research our origins I found a long history of the Vaux name in France and England. There were some indications that the family may have come from the region of Normandy, originally.

Name Origin

The name Vaux is a contraction of an Old French phrase meaning beautiful valley, and indicates that the original bearer lived in such a place at one time.

Spellings & Pronunciations

Spelling variations of this family name include: De Vaux, Devaux, Beliveau, Béliveau, Belivaux, Bélivaux, Belliveau, Bélliveau, Bellivaux, Béllivaux, Belleveau, Bellevaux, de Bellevau and many more.

Nationality & Ethnicity

We don't have any information on the nationality / ethnicity of the Vaux name. Have information to share?

Famous People named Vaux

Mary Vaux Walcott (1860-1940), was a botanist, glacial geologist, and artist, whose work was instrumental in the development of a new technique for printing which came to be known as the Smithsonian Process.

Calvert Vaux (Born:December 20, 1824, London, England Died:November 19, 1895, Brooklyn, New York, United States) was a British-American architect and landscape designer. Vaux is best known as the co-designer, along with his protégé and junior partner Frederick Law Olmsted, of what would become New York City's Central Park.

Early Vauxes

These are the earliest records we have of the Vaux family.