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Early Origins of the Bochet family

The surname Bochet was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Calvados and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Early History of the Bochet family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bochet research. Another 126 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1448, 1607, 1613, 1740, 1809, 1819, 1823 and 1836 are included under the topic Early Bochet History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bochet Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Boquet, Bocquet, Bouquet, Bochet, Bouchet, Boquel, Bocquel, Boquard, Bocard, Boccard, Boquart, Bocart, Boccart, Bocquant and many more.

Early Notables of the Bochet family

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Bochet Ranking

In France, the name Bochet is the 4,873rd most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 1


Bochet migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bochet Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Abel Bochet, who landed in South Carolina in 1680 2
  • Nicholas Bochet, who arrived in South Carolina in 1680 2

RMS Titanic
  • Mr. Pierre Giuseppe Bochet (d. 1912), aged 43, English Waiter from London, England who worked aboard the RMS Titanic and died in the sinking 3


  1. http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
  2. 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)
  3. Titanic Passenger List - Titanic Facts. (Retrieved 2016, July 13) . Retrieved from http://www.titanicfacts.net/titanic-passenger-list.html


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