Origin

We know as fact that the first Vanasse who came to Canada came from Normandy .The name always looked Flemish or Dutch . Some research has been conducted on French names based on birth and the Flemish origin of the name seems correct .
Between 1891-1915 there were 6 Vanasse births in France , all in the department of Nord (59) which is French Flanders bordering Belgium .

Experts see the name Vanasse as a variant of Van Assche , a locality in Belgium .

Between 1916-1940 , there were 3 Vanasse births -all in Nord.

Between 1940-1965 , there were 6 Vanasse births in Nord , 1 in Indre and 1 in Meurthe et Moselle .

Finally between 1966 amd 1990 , there were 3 Vanasse births in Nord and 2 in Alpes Maritimes on the Italian border .
It seems quite evident that the name has in origin in Flanders where there is a town called Asse north of Brussels and anyone in the distant past who was from that town was Van Asse .

French in the New World

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