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Census Lookup and Resource Requests / Re: BOISSON in London in 1851 and 1861
« on: Saturday 16 December 23 02:02 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Emma,
Unfortunately, Jill did not respond to my message on RootsChat, so I don't have any contact information. I have quite a bit of correspondence from her to my aunt, but it is all from over twenty ago. If I can help with any research regarding the Boisson family, just let me know.
Regards
Rick Du Boisson

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Census Lookup and Resource Requests / Re: BOISSON in London in 1851 and 1861
« on: Saturday 27 November 21 19:39 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Peter,
I have a lot of relevant information about our early Boisson ancestors. It would probably be better if I Private Messaged you so we can exchange information. I have many photographs from the 19th century and some of them could be your wife's relatives.
I couldn't find the family tree record that you referred to for "Jean du Boisson" on Ancestry - "du Buisson", a completely different family, is often confused with "du Boisson". I've learned to be very cautious about secondary information posted in family trees, especially if there are no references as to where the information came from.
Regards
Rick Du Boisson


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Census Lookup and Resource Requests / Re: BOISSON in London in 1851 and 1861
« on: Thursday 16 November 17 03:58 GMT (UK)  »
Hi Jill,
I'm guessing you were the Jill T (nee K) who corresponded with my late aunt Dorothy Du Boisson - I have inherited all her research, including your correspondence, on the Boisson family and am continuing to delve into our origins in France. I have all her old photos, including ones you sent to Dorothy. I went through all the family photos with her and recorded a conversation about who they were and what she knew about them. She was a mine of information and had a great memory. I'm still sorting it all out using "Family Historian" software to collate the data. It seems your last correspondence with Dorothy was in 2002 and I suspect there may be new information of interest to you. From Dorothy's records I find I know more about my 6xgreat grandfather that about some of our extant relations! Hope we can fill in some gaps together.
Rick Du Boisson

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Census Lookup and Resource Requests / Re: BOISSON in London in 1851 and 1861
« on: Thursday 12 January 17 23:48 GMT (UK)  »
I am currently writing a history of the Boisson family - we arrived in London in about 1751 as Huguenot refugees and I have lots of information about many of my ancestors. At the moment my attention is focused on our forebears in France, with luck I'm hoping we can get back well into the 16th century. I have very little information about the line that went to South Africa and was wondering if there was any business connections between Amyas Greenwood Boisson and Frederick James Boisson.
John Boisson (1782-1841) had (amongst others) sons Charles (1818-1877) and James (1825-1882). Frederick James (1850-1932) was the son of Charles and Amyas (always called himself Sydney) was the son of James; they were therefore cousins. Both went to South Africa although Amyas returned to England after establishing the "Boisson Plantation". Do any of you with SA connections know if they were partners or have any knowledge of Amyas' time in South Africa?
Thanks for your help,
Rick Du Boisson

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