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Boisseau History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
France

Boisseau, which comes from the name Boissard, was originally a name given to a person that worked as a merchant and it was also used as a nickname for "un homme trapu", or in English, a "stocky man". 1

Early Origins of the Boisseau family

The surname Boisseau was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where the family held a family seat at the village of Beauce in the arrondisement of Blois. One source claims that the name Boisseau was seen with a noble family from Saintonge, a former French province on the central-west coast of France, that settled on the French owned Caribbean island of Martinique and maintained nobility in 1698. 2

Early History of the Boisseau family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Boisseau research. Another 61 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1479, 1523, 1694, 1754 and 1758 are included under the topic Early Boisseau History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Boisseau Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Boisseau, Boissel, Boissard, Boisselet, Boisselat, Boissenet, Boissonneau and many more.

Early Notables of the Boisseau family

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Boisseau Ranking

In France, the name Boisseau is the 874^th most popular surname with an estimated 5,871 people with that name. 3

Boisseau migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Boisseau Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Jean Boisseau and his wife Marie Postel settled in Carolina in 1695

Boisseau Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Pierre Boisseau, who settled in New York state in 1711
Pierre Boisseau, who landed in New York in 1711 4
Claude Boisseau who settled in Louisiana in 1756

Boisseau Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

James E Boisseau, aged 21, who arrived in South Carolina in 1812 4
James E Boisseau, who landed in Charleston, South Carolina in 1830 4

Boisseau migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Boisseau Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Jean Boisseau arrived from Comtat Venaisin to Quebec in 1669
Pierre Boisseau, who arrived in Quebec from Brittany in 1670
Pierre Boisseau, son of René-Martin and Renée, who married Anne Foubert, daughter of Louis and Marie, in Montreal, Quebec on 20th October 1670 5
Josias Boisseau married Catherine Colombière in 1678 5

Boisseau Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

François Boisseau, son of Nicolas and Anne, who married Anne Saunier, son of Louis and Louise, in Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia on 6th October 1711 5
Nicolas Boisseau, son of Pierre and Marguerite, married Anne Pagé-Quercy, daughter of Guillaume and Elisabeth, in Quebec on 9th September 1725 5
Nicolas Boisseau, son of Pierre and Marguerite, who married Louise Bissot, daughter of Jean and Marguerite, in Quebec on 4th June 1741 5
Antoine Boisseau, son of Antoinne and Angélique, who married Judith Grégoire-Valentin, daughter of Julien and Françoise, in Contrecoeur, Quebec on 13th February 1746 5
Joseph Boisseau, son of Vincent and Marguerite, who married Marie Duhamel, daughter of Louis and Françoise, in 1750 5
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Contemporary Notables of the name Boisseau (post 1700) +

John "Jay" R Boisseau, American director of the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin (2001-)
Pierre Boisseau, Government official, Geneva, New York
Robert Boisseau Pamplin (1911-2009), American businessman and later philanthropist

Citations +

Dauzat, Albert, Morlet, Marie-Thérèse, Dictionaire Étymologique des Noms et Prénoms de France. Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1987. Print.
Hozier, Charles D, and Antoine Bachelin-Delforenne. État présent De La Noblesse française (1883-1887): Contenant Le Distionnaire De La Noblesse Contemporaine Et Larmorial général De France, Dapres Les Manuscrits De Ch. D Hozier. Librairie Des Bibliophiles, 1884. Print.
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.