The desfosses Surname
desfosses Name Meaning and History
- habitational name from any of numerous places named Les Fosses (from Latin fossa ‘hole’, ‘hollow’). This was a secondary surname in Canada, especially for Laspron, but also Lacharité and St. Louis.
- (Des Fossés): habitational name for someone a place called Les Fossés (from Latin fossates ‘ditches’, ‘trenches’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Maurice Desfosses, Bristol,CT (RI) |
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