Buisson History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Auvergne in ancient France was the home of the first family to use the name Buisson which was a name for someone who lived near a thicket of bushes, as the name was derived from the Old French word buisson, which means thicket or bushes.

Early Origins of the Buisson family

The surname Buisson was first found in Auvergne, a historic province in south central France.

Early History of the Buisson family

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Buisson Spelling Variations

The many different spellings of French surnames can be partially explained by the use of local dialects and by the influence of other languages during the early development of the French language. As a result of these linguistic and cultural influences, the name Buisson is distinguished by a number of regional variations. The many spelling variations of the name include Buisson, Buison, Buizon, Buysson, Bhuisson, Dubuisson, Bouisson, Bouissou, Buissonnet, Buissonnière, Buisset, Buissard, Boysson, Boisson, Le Buisson and many more.

Early Notables of the Buisson family

Notable amongst the family was

Jean-François Buisson de Saint-Cosme (1667-1706), a Canadian missionary, born in Quebec, ordained in 1690, and murdered while on a missionary trip in the Mississippi Valley

Buisson Ranking

In France, the name Buisson is the 262^nd most popular surname with an estimated 14,314 people with that name. 1

Buisson migration to the United States +

French settlers came early to North American, following in the wake of the explorers, and creating New France. Quebec City, founded in 1608 by Samuel de Champlain is said to have been the first American site founded as a permanent settlement, rather than as just a commercial outpost. But emigration was slow, in 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 French people in Quebec, and by 1663, when the region was officially made The Royal Colony of New France, by Louis XIV, there still only around 500 settlers. Over 2,000 would arrive during the next decade. Early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. Youths of 18 took fourteen-year-old girls for their wives. The fur trade was developed and attracted immigrants, both noble and commoner from France. By 1675, there were around 7000 French in the colony, and by that same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. Despite the loss of the Colony to England, the French people flourished in Lower Canada. Among settlers to North America of the Buisson surname were

Buisson Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Louis Buisson, who settled in Louisiana in 1752
Louis Buisson, who arrived in America in 1790 2

Buisson migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Michel Buisson, son of Joseph and Marie-Françoise, who married Marie-Charlotte Gély, daughter of Jean and Geneviève, in Lévis, Quebec on 19th January 1756 3
Pierre Buisson, son of Michel and Pierre, who married Marie-Madeleine Vivier, daughter of Pierre and Catherine-Geneviève, in Quebec on 12th October 1744 3
René-Gervais Buisson, son of Gervais and Marie, who married Marie-Madeleine Boutet, daughter of Simon and Anne, in Quebec on 25th September 1664 3
René Buisson, son of René and Roberte, who married Anne Laisné, daughter of Emmanuel and Jeanne, in Charlesbourg, Quebec on 5th November 1685 3

Buisson Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

Sieur Du Buisson, who landed in Canada in 1700
François-Joseph Buisson who married Marguerite Houde in Laneuville in Québec on April 28, 1715

Contemporary Notables of the name Buisson (post 1700) +

Patrick Buisson (1949-2023), French conservative essayist, journalist and political advisor, a key advisor to former President Nicolas Sarkozy from 2006 to 2012
Lieutenant-General Louis-Lon-Marie-Andr Buisson (1889-1955), French General Officer Commanding 240th Light Division (1940) 4
Adjutant Alexandre Buisson (1886-1939), French World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories
Henri Buisson, French physicist, who co-discovered the ozone layer (1913)
Ferdinand Édouard Buisson, French educator and pacifist, who shared the 1927 Nobel Peace Prize
The Very Reverend John Clement Du Buisson MA (1871-1938), English Anglican priest, Dean of St Asaph
M Buisson, Canadian Lawyer from Montreal, Partner in a Law Firm

The Buisson Motto +

The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.

Motto: Semper virens
Motto Translation: Always flourishing.

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Internoscia, Arthur E., and Claire Chevrier. Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français 1608-1760. Vol. 1, Institut Drouin, 1958.
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 3) Louis-Lon-Marie-Andr Buisson. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Buisson/Louis-L%C3%A9on-Marie-Andr%C3%A9/France.html