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![Show Contents]() Boutflower Surname History
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 England
The name Boutflower comes from the ancient Anglo-Saxon culture of Britain. It was a name for a beautiful or exceptionally beautiful person. The surname Boutflower is derived from the French beau and flour, which means fair flower. The name was given to a particularly beautiful person, and over the years was changed to Boughtflower. Alternately, this surname may be a nickname for a miller, being derived from the Old English bulte which means sift, and flour which means flour. Early Origins of the Boutflower familyThe surname Boutflower was first found in Gloucestershire, where they held a family seat from ancient times. Early History of the Boutflower familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Boutflower research. Another 163 words (12 lines of text) covering the years 1280, 1303, 1357, 1505, 1511, 1539, 1568 and 1702 are included under the topic Early Boutflower History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Boutflower Spelling VariationsOnly recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Boutflower has undergone many spelling variations, including Boutflower, Beauflower, Bulteflour, Bownflower, Bowtefflowre and many more. Early Notables of the Boutflower familyMore information is included under the topic Early Boutflower Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Boutflower familyTo escape the unstable social climate in England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Boutflower were among those contributors: a number of settlers who arrived in the New World by the 19th century.
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- Henry Crewe Boutflower (1796-1863), English Hulsean essayist, born 25 Oct. 1796, son of John Boutflower, surgeon, of Salford 1
- Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 5 Feb. 2019
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