Boese History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Germany

Early Origins of the Boese family

The surname Boese was first found in Saxony, where the name is likely derived from the German personal name Boso, meaning "audacious" and/or from the Middle High German word "boese" or the Middle Low German word "bose" which both mean "daring." 1

Early History of the Boese family

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Boese Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bose, Boze, Bozze, Baus, Bause, Bauss, Bausser, Bauze and many more.

Early Notables of the Boese family

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Boese Ranking

In the United States, the name Boese is the 14,117^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2

Boese migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Boese Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Arm Boese, who arrived in New York, NY in 1844 3
Elizabeth Boese, aged 31, who arrived in New York, NY in 1874 3
Eva Boese, aged 21, who landed in New York, NY in 1874 3
Heinrich Boese, aged 36, who arrived in New York, NY in 1874 3
Heinrich M Boese, aged 30, who landed in New York, NY in 1874 3
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Boese migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Boese Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

G Boese, who arrived in Quebec in 1850

Contemporary Notables of the name Boese (post 1700) +

John Boese AIA, American architect in New York City during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century
Elsie Jean McGivney Boese (1925-2004), American poet, the poet laureate of Louisiana from 1972 to 1980
Pedro Boese (b. 1972), Portuguese-born, German painter
Johannes Boese (1939-2012), the German archaeologist
Johannes Boese (1856-1917), also spelled Böse, a German sculptor and art professor
Kristin Boese (b. 1977), German kitesurfer, shortlisted for the ISAF World Sailor of the Year Awards in 2009
Carl Boese (1887-1958), German film director who directed 158 films between 1917 and 1957
Kurt Boese (1929-2021), German-born, Canadian wrestler who competed in the men's freestyle welterweight at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Citations +

Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges, A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8)
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
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)