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  Croteau Family Crest / Croteau Coat of ArmsThe English and Norman French surname of CROTEAU was an occupational name 'the fiddler' a maker of music, one who played the violin. The name was derived from the Middle English word CROUTH a type of popular medieval stringed instrument. Most of the occupations or professions reflected in family names are those known in the small villages in Europe, or those followed in a kings, or an important noble's household, or in some large religious house or monastery. During the Middle Ages much of Europe of composed of small villages, and many families surnames sprang from the occupation of the owner, and to describe a man by his occupation or profession was the most natural way to address a man, and set him apart from others in the neighbourhood. Early records of the name mention Richard le Cruder, 1275, County Kent. Kenwrick le Cruther was documented in Chester in the year 1289. Thomas Crowther of Yorkshire, was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379. The earliest hereditary surnames in England are found shortly after the Norman Conquest of 1066 and are of Norman French origin rather than native English. On the arrival of the Normans they identified themselves by references to the estates from which they came in northern France. These names moved rapidly on with their bearers into Scotland and Ireland. Others of the Norman Invaders took names from the estates in England which they had newly acquired During the Middle Ages, when people were unable to read or write, signs were needed for all visual identification. A notable member of the name was John CROTEAU, who was born on the 10th March, 1910. He was an Educator, and his appointments included Associate Professor, Economics, Catholic University of America, Washington, 1947-53). and professor of Economics at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana. He resided in Indiana. As early as the year 1100, it was quite common for English people to give French names to their children, and the earliest instances are found among the upper classes, both the clergy and the patrician families. The Norman-French names used were generally the names most commonly used by the Normans, who had introduced them into England during the Norman Invasion of William the Conqueror in 1066. |
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