Bocquet History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Bocquet family

The surname Bocquet was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Calvados and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Early History of the Bocquet family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bocquet research. Another 126 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1448, 1607, 1613, 1740, 1809, 1819, 1823 and 1836 are included under the topic Early Bocquet History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bocquet Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Boquet, Bocquet, Bouquet, Bochet, Bouchet, Boquel, Bocquel, Boquard, Bocard, Boccard, Boquart, Bocart, Boccart, Bocquant and many more.

Early Notables of the Bocquet family

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Bocquet Ranking

In France, the name Bocquet is the 420^th most popular surname with an estimated 10,185 people with that name. 1

Bocquet migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bocquet Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

John Charles Bocquet, who arrived in St Clair County, Illinois in 1854 2

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)