Boissel History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Etymology of Boissel

What does the name Boissel mean?

Boisseau, which comes from the name Boissard, was originally a name given to a person that worked as a merchant and it was also used as a nickname for "un homme trapu", or in English, a "stocky man". 1

Early Origins of the Boissel family

The surname Boissel was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where the family held a family seat at the village of Beauce in the arrondisement of Blois. One source claims that the name Boisseau was seen with a noble family from Saintonge, a former French province on the central-west coast of France, that settled on the French owned Caribbean island of Martinique and maintained nobility in 1698. 2

Early History of the Boissel family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Boissel research. Another 61 words (4 lines of text) covering the years 1479, 1523, 1694, 1754 and 1758 are included under the topic Early Boissel History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Boissel Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Boisseau, Boissel, Boissard, Boisselet, Boisselat, Boissenet, Boissonneau and many more.

Early Notables of the Boissel family

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Boissel Ranking

France, the name Boissel is the 4,876^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,500 - 2,000 people with that name. 3

Migration of the Boissel family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Claude Boisseau who settled in Louisiana in 1756; Jean Boisseau and his wife Marie Postel settled in Carolina in 1695; Pierre Boisseau settled in New York state in 1711.

Contemporary Notables of the name Boissel (post 1700) +

Major-General Joseph-Jean-Louis Boissel (b. 1882), French Assistant Director of Intendant Service, Ministry of National Defence 4

Sources +

Dauzat, Albert, Morlet, Marie-Thérèse, Dictionaire Étymologique des Noms et Prénoms de France. Paris: Librairie Larousse, 1987. Print.
Hozier, Charles D, and Antoine Bachelin-Delforenne. État présent De La Noblesse française (1883-1887): Contenant Le Distionnaire De La Noblesse Contemporaine Et Larmorial général De France, Dapres Les Manuscrits De Ch. D Hozier. Librairie Des Bibliophiles, 1884. Print.
http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 3) Joseph-Jean-Louis Boissel. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Boissel/Joseph-Jean-Louis/France.html