Bose History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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From the ancient and picturesque Italian region of Lombardy emerged a variety of distinguished names, including the notable surname Bose. Although people were originally known only by a single name, it became necessary for people to adopt a second name to identify themselves as populations grew and travel became more frequent. The process of adopting fixed hereditary surnames was not complete until the modern era, but the use of hereditary family names in Italy began in the 10th and 11th centuries. Italian hereditary surnames were developed according to fairly general principles and they are characterized by a profusion of derivatives coined from given names. Although the most traditional type of family name found in the region of Lombardy is the patronymic surname, which is derived from the father's given name, local surnames are also found. Local names, which are the least frequent of the major types of surnames found in Italy, are derived from a place-name where the original bearer once resided or held land. Often Italian local surnames bore the prefix "di," which signifies emigration from one place to another, but does not necessarily denote nobility. The Bose family lived in the city of Milan. The Bose surname is derived from the Latin personal name "Bosius."

Early Origins of the Bose family

The surname Bose was first found in 1170, where Consabecco Bossi was part of the Commune of Milan.

Boso (d. 1181?), was the third English cardinal, "described by Cardella as Boso Breakspear, an Englishman by birth, the nephew of Pope Adrian IV, and a monk of the order of St. Benedict. He was a member of the monastery of St. Albans, but went to Rome to follow the fortunes of his uncle." 1

Early History of the Bose family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bose research. The years 1544, 1555, 1575, 1629, 1650, 1732, 1830, 1846, 1848, 1850, 1851 and 1852 are included under the topic Early Bose History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bose Spelling Variations

Italian surnames come in far more variations than the names of most other nationalities. Regional traditions and dialects are a decisive factor in this characteristic. For example, northern names tend to end in "o", while southern in "i". Also important, but not unique to Italy, was the fact that before dictionaries and the printing press most scribes simply spelled words according to their sounds. The predictable result was an enormous number of spelling variations. The recorded spellings of Bose include Bosio, Bsio, Bsia, Bso, Bosia, Boso, Bsi, Bosi, Busio, Buosio, Busi, Buosi, Bosich, Bosèlli, Bosèllo, Boselli, Bosello, Bosè, Bose, Bosetti, Bosètti, Bosini, Bosìn, Bosin, Bosinèlli, Bosinelli, Bostti, Bosotti, Bosni, Bosoni, Bosne, Bosone, Bosani, Bosèro, Bosero, Bossa, Bossi and many more.

Early Notables of the Bose family

Prominent among bearers of this family in early times was

Felice Boselli (1650-1732), Italian painter of the Baroque period active mainly in Piacenza
Giovan-Francesco Boselli was a famous poet and lawyer in the 16th century in Piacenza

Bose Ranking

In the United States, the name Bose is the 13,347^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2

Bose migration to the United States +

Analysis of immigration records indicates that some of the first North American immigrants bore the name Bose or a variant listed above:

Bose Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Gertrud Bose, who landed in North America in 1832-1849 3
Johan J F Bose, aged 32, who arrived in Missouri in 1844 3
John W Bose, aged 28, who landed in Missouri in 1845 3
John Bose who arrived in Missouri in 1845
Julius Bose, aged 25, who landed in Texas in 1845 aboard the ship "Joh. Derhardt" 3
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Bose migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Bose Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

W. Bose, who arrived in Lyttelton, New Zealand aboard the ship "Balaklava" in 1864

Contemporary Notables of the name Bose (post 1700) +

Vanu Gopal Bose (1965-2017), American electrical engineer and technology executive, son of Amar Bose
Richard H. Bose, American Republican politician, Candidate for New York State Assembly from New York County 16th District, 1921, 1923 4
Krishna Bose (1930-2020), Indian politician, educator and social worker and a Member of Parliament
Bimba Bosé (1975-2017), stage name of Eleonora Salvatore, a Spanish model, designer, actress and singer
Amar Bose (1929-2013), Indian-American MIT professor; founder of the Bose Corporation, listed in Forbes 400 as the 271st richest man in 2007
Sterling Bose (1906-1958), 1920s jazz musician
Satyendra Nath Bose FRS (1894-1974), Indian physicist
Sarat Chandra Bose (1889-1950), Indian lawyer and freedom fighter
Raj Chandra Bose (1901-1987), Indian mathematician and statistician
Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose FRS (1858-1935), Bengali physicist
... (Another 4 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
"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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 7) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html