When George F. Foshay was born on 1 September 1848, in Carmel, Putnam, New York, United States, his father, John W. Foshay, was 33 and his mother, Susan Russell, was 31. He died on 4 August 1849, at the age of 0.
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Americanized form of Breton (mainly Côtes-d'Armor) Le Faucheur: occupational name from French faucheur ‘mower, reaper’, with the French masculine definite article le, probably used as a translation into French of the Breton cognates, such as Le Falher, from falc'her, a word which is like the French one ultimately derived from Latin falx ‘sickle, scythe’. Compare Forsha , Forshay , Forshee , and Forshey .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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