Prulhiere Family
History & Genealogy
Welcome to our family history website.
I operate this site to help connect Prulhiere family members throughout the world.
Spellings of our name include:
Prulhiere, Prulhière, Prulhières, Pruliere, Prulière, Prulières, Prullière, Prullières, Prulhier, Prulhièr
I welcome additional information about the Prulhiere family and all related families.
If you’re doing research on any line of the family, please be in touch.
To respect privacy,
information about those of us who are living is available only within the family.
Our family originated in the
hamlet of la Prulhière,
community of Auzelles,
in the Puy-de-Dôme Department of Auvergne, France.
Our name has two possible origins….
One story is that a Roman General, Prulliacus (also known as Prulierus)
occupied the area of Auvergne at the time Ceasar conquered Gaule (France).
The other story is that the name comes from a tree common to the area of
la Prulhière.
This tree is called Prunelier.
In old southern French it was
Prunello or Prulhero.
It’s plum-like fruit is used to make gin.
Almost all of us in the USA are descended from
François & Emily Prulhière.
They arrived with their young sons, Emile & Leon,
at the Castle Garden immigration center in New York City on Apr. 1, 1874
from Liverpool, England.
How they traveled from France to Liverpool is still unknown.
We lost touch with the family in France in the late 1800’s
and have been searching for them ever since.
This website has helped some of us re-unite.
We’re all enjoying the family reunion!
Any additional information you can provide is greatly appreciated!
This site is maintained by Ginny Ashonosheni
To contribute information or be in touch for any other reason, please contact me.
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| USA |
| France |
| Canada & England |
| François & Emily |
| Emile & Catherine |
| Leonard & Emma |