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The following is taken from an e-mail that I sent a few days ago to Craig LaBarge (of the Laberge/Labarge web site).
On the LaBerge ancestry front, I have been doing a little research. On Geneanet.com there is a listing by a Jocelyn Laberge who lists the following:
Jean Charles /1590-1639/ & Jeanne Le Coq /1590
o Charles 1610 &1638 Rachel Sanary ca 1620
o Jacques 1615 &1636 Marie Potevin 1615
(I sent a letter to Jocelyn about 6 months ago asking for more info, but got no response.)
Searching on Le Coq, the vast number of them are in Nord Pas De Calais near Belgium. Searching for de la berge prior to Jean Charles finds nothing. While "de la berge" does mean "by the bank" in French, I think the more probable origin of the family line is from The Netherlands, escpecially with the discovery of Jeanne Le Coq. "Van den" means "from the" just like the French. Berg(e) in German and Dutch means mountains. In French "berge" means bank, but sounds like the Dutch without the hard G. I postulate a change similar to the de la berge/La berge/LaBerge/LaBarge changes that have occurred over the years.
Searching for Van den Berghe on Geneanet.com finds a very large number of them listed in Belgium & The Netherlands dating back to the 1200's. The following are some links:
http://www.huisbergh.nl/backup-oude-sit-juni-2005/en/indexe.html
http://www.heemkunde.nl/
Attached is a map showing the where the castle is in relation to Colomby sur Thaon.
Interestingly, the Dutch Revolt occurred between 1568 - 1648, during Jean Charles de la berge's life. When Philip II of Spain inherited The Netherland, he tried to impose Cathloicism and stomp out Calvinism. In 1581 the northern provinces proclaimed independance supporting Calvinism (now The Netherlands). The southern provinces remained under Spanish rule as the Spanish Netherlands supporting Catholicism (later to become Belgium).
It would be my guess that our ancestors sprang from the lords and counts of County Bergh and the Castle Bergh built in the 1200's and that the family spread into Belgium, Nord Pad De Calais and then saw a name change when it moved into Normandy, France. That's my guess. Until I find the link between Jean Charles de la berge and a Van den Bergh(e) in Nord Pas De Calais (NPDC), it is only a guess. I am searching!
Other variants are De Bergh, de le Berghe, and of course, just Berge. Looking at a french birth map, it looks like most of the Berge are concentrated near the Pyrenees. One also finds LOTS of Berge and also towns named Berge in Norway. One finds Berge, Von den Berge, and countless Berg and Von Berg in Germany.
I have met with the geealogical society in Caen and they can find nothing predating Jacques de la Berge. I did buy a CD from them with a compilation of listings by members, and there are a number of Touchets, most likely related to Robert's step-brother Thomas. When I visited Colomby, I walked by a house with the name Xavier Touchet on the mail box. I have written to him without reply. There is a translator living in Colomby sur Thaon who I had considered contacting (paying) in an effort to have her walk over and talk to Mr. Touchet and find out if he knows anything about his early family history.
In sumamry, I think our best bet is finding a link to de la berge in NPDC by searching for a variant of de la berge.
Regards,
Philip LaBerge
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