Sylvester Dubois

Brief Life History of Sylvester

When Sylvester Dubois was born in October 1826, in Pineville, Rapides, Louisiana, United States, his father, Jean Baptiste Dubois III, was 31 and his mother, Amelia Louisa Lemoine, was 19. He had at least 2 sons and 3 daughters with Mary Emeline Lemoine. He lived in Grant, Louisiana, United States in 1880. He died on 15 April 1883, in Louisiana, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in French Cemetery, Effie, Avoyelles, Louisiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Sylvester Dubois
1826–1883
Mary Emeline Lemoine
1837–1896
Zeline Dubois
1855–1919
Selema Dubois
1865–
Leontine DuBois
1868–
Honore "Nora" DuBois
1871–1946
Oscar DuBois
1873–1913

Sources (5)

  • Silvest Dubois, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Silvas Dubois - birth-name: Frank Sylvester Dubois
  • Sylvester Dubois in entry for Zuline Ballios, "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960"

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1846

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Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Armand, Normand, Jacques, Pierre, Fernand, Marcel, Emile, Lucien, Michel, Alain, Luc.

French, Walloon, and English (of French Huguenot origin): topographic name, with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’, for someone living or working in a wood (see Bois ), or a habitational name for someone from any of several places in various parts of France and in Belgium (Wallonia) named Le Bois. This is the most frequent surname in Wallonia. It is also found in the Flemish part of Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, and Haiti. In both England and North America it is sometimes translated into English as Wood . Compare Deboe , Debois , Deboy , Duboise , and Dubose .

History: This surname is listed (in the form Du Bois) in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of America. One of the several Huguenot ancestors bearing this name was Chrétien Du Bois from Flanders, whose son, Louis Du Bois (born 1626 in Lille, France, died 1696 in Kingston, NY), was among the Huguenots who founded the town of New Paltz, NY 1675–78.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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