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Bossier Name Meaning
French: occupational name for a cooper, from an agent derivative of
Old French bosse ‘barrel’. The name is frequent in the southern
States; it was probably brought to North America by Huguenots.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Bossier Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bossier families
 24 - 45  9 - 23 |
 1 - 8  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bossier families
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5 - 7 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bossier Family Origin
Bossier Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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Bossier Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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