SC - Severely off topic .... Personna help
Philip & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com
Tue Aug 10 20:51:26 PDT 1999
Mordonna22 at aol.com wrote:
>
> Apparently, one of my
> ancestors in the fourteenth century was called Lord of Tondas de la Chappelle
> Du Bosc, somewhere in France. The family names of DuBose and DuBois are
> anglicizations of Du Bosc.
Possibly, but I always assumed DuBois to be pretty simple French
meaning, "of the woods" or some such.
> Any ideas on where I might find a documentable
> mention of this? The local herald does not think my family tree or the
> several online versions of the various spellings of DuBosc are sufficient.
Construction would suggest Bosc might well be a place name. You might
consult a really good map. Another possibility would be to find out why
Bosc pears are so named. I just checked Larousse and found that they
don't mention Boscs among the various French pear varieties (and we all
know that non-French pear varieties aren't worth mentioning ; )...).
Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy
troy at asan.com
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