The boswell Surname
boswell Name Meaning and History
Scottish (of Norman origin): habitational name from Beuzeville in
Seine Maritime, France, named with Old French Beuze (a personal
name probably of Germanic origin) + ville ‘settlement’. The
final element has been altered as a result of association with the
common place name ending -well ‘spring’, ‘stream’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| BOSWELL Thomas M 1847 1879 |
 t42chinns_dentoncotx
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| SCROGGINS Mack C and Ila Nonnie BOSWELL |
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| Ambrose Lee Boswell Obituary 1899-1975 |
| 0 |
| Boswell Family |
PaulMellor30
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| BOSWELL Henry F 1888-1958 |
| 0 |
| Thomas Arthur Boswell - Died NY 1966 |
John Boswell
| 6 |
| Boswells of Abertillary, Wales |
jbedilion1
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| boswell's | Dennis Boswell | 43 |
| The Boswell's of N.C. | Edward W. Boswell | 22 |
| James Haskell Boswell? |
pmolly
| 7 |
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