The buteau Surname
buteau Name Meaning and History
- Most probably an altered form of French Buteux, a nickname for someone who was in the habit of pushing or hitting, also an occupational name for someone whose job was to unload goods or cargo, from Old French bouteor.
- alternatively it could be an altered form of Butaud, from the personal name Botwald, composed of the Germanic elements bod(o) ‘messenger’ + waldan ‘ruler’. This name is found chiefly in New England.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 12 - Messages: 32
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Hormidas Buteau & Alexina Lacoix married 1/10/1902 St Cajetan |
 RobertJLaCroix
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| family | Robert R Buteau | 9 |
| his father |
robertleblanc79
| 1 |
| Buteux family tree research | Margaret Phillips nee BUTEUX | 5 |
| Who were Odias Buteau's parents? | buteau | 0 |
| Etienne Buteau | Matthew Mehalic | 0 |
| Albert et/ou Oscar Généreux | jocelyne Généreux | 0 |
| David Buteau |
hermand_1
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| Alexis Butaud m. Modeste Broussard | Bonnie Rabeaux | 1 |
| Louis Buteau |
BevLindsey
| 0 |
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