Bois Family History
Bois Name Meaning
French: topographic name for someone living or working in a wood,
from Old French bois ‘wood’ (Late Latin boscum ‘bush’,
‘shrub’, ‘undergrowth’, of Germanic origin). Compare the much more
frequent form Dubois.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Bois
Name Distribution of Bois Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bois families
 19 - 36  7 - 18 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bois families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Bois census records
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Bois Family Origin
Bois Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Bois Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Bois census records
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Military Service by Bois
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