Boissonneau History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
France

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 Boissonneau family

The surname Boissonneau 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 Boissonneau family

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Boissonneau Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Boissonneau family

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Boissonneau migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Jean Boissonneau, son of Nicolas and Anne, who married Marguerite Choret, daughter of Jean and Claire, in Sainte-Famille, Quebec on 16th November 1707 3
Jean-Baptiste Boissonneau, son of Jean and Marguerite, who married Marie-Josephte Demeule, daughter of Joseph and Marie-Catherine, in Saint-Jean-de-l'Île-d'Orléans, Quebec on 9th February 1736 3
Joseph Boissonneau, son of Jean and Marguerite, who married Marguerite Blais, daughter of Jean-Baptiste and Marguerite, in Berthier, Quebec on 20th November 1747 3
Nicolas Boissonneau, son of Jean and Jeanne, who married Anne Colin, daughter of Nicolas and Isabelle, in Sainte-Famille, Quebec on 18th October 1669 3
Nicolas Boissonneau, son of Nicolas and Jeanne, who married Marie-Louise Normand, daughter of Charles and Catherine-Françoise, in Quebec on 25th May 1745 3
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Citations +

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.
Internoscia, Arthur E., and Claire Chevrier. Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Français 1608-1760. Vol. 1, Institut Drouin, 1958.