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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French (western and southwestern) : topographic name for someone living in or near a ravine, from la combe ‘the ravine’ (a word of Gaulish origin, related to English Combe).
  • Jean Lacombe (or Lacomble) was married to Marie Charlotte Millet on 20 June 1678 in Notre Dame, Montréal, Quebec. The family originated from St. Cybranet in the Dordogne, France.

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