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Boileau Name Meaning
French: from the Old French verb boi(re) ‘to drink’ + the
definite article l’ + eau ‘water’, hence a nickname,
perhaps for a teetotaler, perhaps for a drinker, or perhaps for
someone who was so parsimonious he was prepared to run the risk of
drinking water. Compare Drinkwater.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Boileau
Name Distribution of Boileau Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Boileau families
 17 - 32  6 - 16 |
 1 - 5  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Boileau families
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6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Boileau Family Origin
Boileau Immigration Information
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Boileau Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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