Boissy 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 Boissy family

The surname Boissy 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 Boissy family

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Boissy Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Boissy family

Notable amongst the family in this period was

Adrian Gouffier de Boissy (c. 1479-1523), a French Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal

Boissy Ranking

In France, the name Boissy is the 3,158^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 3

Boissy migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Boissy Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Henry Boissy, aged 27, who arrived in America from Lyons, France, in 1907
Gabrielle Boissy, aged 19, who arrived in America from St. Ouen, France, in 1911
Xavier Boissy, aged 62, who arrived in America from Santa Fe, Cuba, in 1916
Marguerite Boissy, aged 8, who arrived in America from Lallenque, France, in 1917
Orencia Boissy, aged 38, who arrived in America from Lallenque, France, in 1917

Contemporary Notables of the name Boissy (post 1700) +

Thomas Boissy, French contemporary singer and songwriter

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.
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