Jim LaBossiere

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Jim LaBossiere has French origins.

Jim LaBossiere has English ancestors.

Biography

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I am a retired class I Steam or Power Engineer living in British Columbia Canada. I have an extensive family tree of the Quebec Labossiere line with most branches reliably traced to the origins in France. I am descended from at least 37 Filles du Roi and can verify all of these links. I am further descended from at least 9 Carignan Soldiers. I am still working on my very old Quebec ancestry, but so far have found that I am directly descended from 20 Filles à Marier.

I have been working on an extensive one name study of the Labossiere family in Canada and the United States for many years. My plan is to follow each branch from our first Canadian ancestor's marriage in 1720 at Contrecoeur forward on every male line that I can find to at least 1930 to 1950 or more recent if records are available. It is hoped that anyone wishing to trace their Labossiere heritage backwards will be able to do so to at least as far as I have come forward and so tie into my work. I owe a huge debt of gratitude to Père Joseph Alphonse Paul Claude dit Laboissiere, OFM, 1901 - 1962, who produced the original 1957 Labossiere family tree. I hope to eventually have all of this work added to WikiTree. Unfortunately, there are some dead ends where records have not been found.

My maternal line goes back many generations through Wales and into England, primarily Turners and Windsors, in Gloucestershire and Somersetshire, but of course many other surnames such as Paine and Wiggett also feature prominently. My wife and I have been privileged to visit many of these areas several times. The old original family home, Nantygleisiad Cottage, Resolven, Wales, still stands and has been recently renovated. I have posted a wonderful photo of my mother in front of the home about 1914. It is believed that it was originally an old farmhouse and may date to the 1850's or so.

Notes

French (Laboissière): Norman habitational name from a common village name La Boissière, meaning ‘wooded area’, from bois ‘wood’. (Laboissière): possibly a metronymic, from a feminine derivative of Bossier ‘cooper’, denoting the ‘wife of the cooper’.

Sources

• First-hand information. Entered by James LaBossiere at registration.
• Source: Baptismal Certificate, St. John's Anglican Church, Cobble Hill, B.C., Canada

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