| ![Show Contents]() Chouse History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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 England The origins of the Chouse surname lie with the Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name Chouse began when someone in that family worked as a cheese-maker or seller of cheese. The surname Chouse is derived from the Old English word cese and the West Saxon word cyse, which both mean cheese. 1 Occupational names frequently refer to the principal object associated with the activity of the original bearer, such as tools or products. These types of occupational surnames are called metonymic surnames. The surname Chouse belongs to this class of names. So as to underline this point, we found Walter le cheser listed in Herefordshire in 1366. 1 Early Origins of the Chouse familyThe surname Chouse was first found in the Hundredorum Rolls of 1273 where John Chese, Norfolk; and Hamo Chese, Salop (Shropshire) are listed. 2 Eluding to the possible Norman origin of the name one source notes that the Magni Rotuli Scaccarii Normanniae lists John Fromage of Normandy, 1195 and that the Hundredorum Rolls of c. 1272 includes an entry for Peter Fromage of England. This same source notes that entries after this point change from French "fromage" to the English term "cheese." 3 The Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379 include: Ricardus Chese; and Thomas Chese. 2 Early History of the Chouse familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Chouse research. Another 206 words (15 lines of text) covering the years 1273, 1279, 1332, 1366, 1379, 1500, 1597, 1771 and 1808 are included under the topic Early Chouse History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Chouse Spelling VariationsOne relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Chouse has appeared include Cheese, Chese, Chuse, Chouse, Cheser, Chesse and others. Early Notables of the Chouse familyAnother 37 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Chouse Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Chouse familyAt this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Chouse arrived in North America very early: Edmund Cheese who arrived in New York in 1832 and Robert Cheese in Mississippi in 1890.
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X)
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