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Auvergne in ancient France was the home of the first family to use the name Boisson which was a name for someone who lived near a thicket of bushes, as the name was derived from the Old French word buisson, which means thicket or bushes.
The surname Boisson was first found in Auvergne, a historic province in south central France.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Boisson research. Another 467 words (33 lines of text) covering the years 1484, 1588, 1604, 1607, 1610, 1614, 1633, 1667, 1674, 1676, 1690, 1706 and 1789 are included under the topic Early Boisson History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Most surnames have experienced slight spelling changes. A son may not chose to spell his name the same way that his father did. Many were errors, many deliberate. During the early development of the French language, a person usually gave his version, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. Prefixes or suffixes varied. They were optional as they passed through the centuries, or were adopted by different branches to signify either a political or religious adherence. Hence, there a many spelling variations of the name Boisson, including Buisson, Buison, Buizon, Buysson, Bhuisson, Dubuisson, Bouisson, Bouissou, Buissonnet, Buissonnière, Buisset, Buissard, Boysson, Boisson, Le Buisson and many more.
Another 42 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Boisson Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
In France, the name Boisson is the 860th most popular surname with an estimated 5,930 people with that name. 1
Migration from France to New France or Quebec as it was now more popularly called, continued from France until it fell in 1759. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In the treaty of Utrecht, the Acadians were ceded by France to Britain in 1713. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported. They found refuge in Louisiana. In 1793, the remaining French in these provinces came under British rule. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many of this distinguished family name Boisson were prominent in social, cultural, religious and political affairs in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Boisson were
Some of the first settlers of this family name were: