Delbos History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Delbos

What does the name Delbos mean?

The Delbos surname comes form the French word "bois", which means "woods". It was originally a name for someone who lived or worked in a wooded area. 1

Early Origins of the Delbos family

The surname Delbos was first found in Bretagne (Brittany) where several notable families of this name have long been established. Among them were the du Bois de Locmaria, de Bruslé, de Kerhuel, du Mauduet, de Boismarqué, du Boisadam, du Boisarmé, du Boisberthelot, du Boisbilly, and du Bois de la Salle. Many noble families with the surname were also found in Poitou, Maine, Anjou, Saintonge, Normandy, and Touraine. 2

Early History of the Delbos family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Delbos research. Another 80 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1543, 1574, 1587, 1653, 1656, 1680, 1851 and 1856 are included under the topic Early Delbos History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Delbos Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bois, Dubois, Desbois, Bosc, Bosq, Desbosq, Dubosc, Duboscq, Delbos and many more.

Early Notables of the Delbos family

Nicolas DuBosc, a bishop of Bayeux in the fourteenth century; Jacques-Dubois, Principal of the Tournai College in Paris in the fifteenth century; Antoine Dubois was bishop of Béziers at this time.Ambroise Dubois, a painter in Anvers in 1543; Anne Dubois was a abbess in 1574; Gaspar Dubois was archbishop of Cambrai in 1587; Guillaume Dubois was cardinal, born in Brive (Bas-Limousin) in 1656; Jean Dubois, who was born and died in Dijon in the seventeenth century, was a sculptor and architect; Jean-Pierre DuBos, born in Bezancour in 1680, was a Benedictine monk; Charles Bois...
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Delbos Ranking

France, the name Delbos is the 2,567^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,500 - 3,000 people with that name. 3

Migration of the Delbos family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: 850 individuals who arrived from France onto Canadian shores between 1600 and 1900. Among them, Dorothée Dubois married in Champlain in 1661; Mathurin Bois married in Chateau-Richer in 1672.

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Dionne, N.-E., Origine Des Familles Canadiennes-Français. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. 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.
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