Du bose History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

The surname Du bose is a ancient French name from Brittany (French: Bretagne). It was a name given to a person who was a boissel, a person who measured corn in the market or someone who made bushel baskets for corn. It is important to realize that wheat was called corn in the medieval period, therefore a boissel would have been working with grain, not maize.

Early Origins of the Du bose family

The surname Du bose was first found in Auvergne and Bas-Limousin where they are recorded as an ancient family with lands and estates.

René Dubois, born in 1630, travelled from Poitou, France to Quebec in the 17th century. Along with his wife, Anne-Julienne (née Dumont), they completed their home in Quebec on 25th November 1665. Together they had eight children and now have ancestors all throughout Canada. 1

Early History of the Du bose family

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Du bose Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Dubois, du Bois, Duboie, Duboi, Duboy, Duboys, Duboit, Dubbois, Dubboie, Dubboi, Dubboy, Dubboys, Dubboit and many more.

Early Notables of the Du bose family

Notable amongst the family was François Dubois (1529-1584), a French Huguenot painter; Jean Dubois the Elder (1604-1694), the French landscape painter and painter to the king; Jean-Baptiste Boisot (1638-1694), (Abbé...
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Du bose Ranking

In the United States, the name Du bose is the 2,021^st most popular surname with an estimated 14,922 people with that name. 2

Du bose migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Du bose Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

William Haskel DuBose, aged 37, who immigrated to the United States, in 1907
Alphonsine Dubose, aged 50, who settled in America from Paris, France, in 1909
Georges Dubose, aged 37, who landed in America from LeHavre, France, in 1910
Olivier Louis Anche Dubose, aged 57, who immigrated to the United States from Rouen, France, in 1915
Parvl Edward Dubose, aged 34, who settled in America from Havre, France, in 1923

Contemporary Notables of the name Du bose (post 1700) +

Horace Mellard DuBose (1858-1941), American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Kristi DuBose (b. 1964), American jurist who has served as a federal judge
Adolphus Demetrius DuBose (1971-1999), former American football linebacker
Winston DuBose, retired American soccer goalkeeper
Jimmy DeWayne DuBose (b. 1954), former American college and professional football player
Mike DuBose (b. 1953), American former University of Alabama football player
Eric Ladell DuBose (b. 1976), American Major League Baseball pitcher
William Porcher DuBose (1836-1918), American priest and theologian in the Episcopal Church
F. E. DuBose, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 1944 3
Dudley McIver DuBose (1834-1883), American Democratic Party politician, U.S. Representative from Georgia 5th District, 1871-73 3
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Citations +

Olivier, Reginald L. Your Ancient Canadian Family Ties. Logan: The Everton Publishers, Inc., P.O. Box 368, 1972. Print
"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 13) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html