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This ancient surname is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is from an ethnic name for someone from France, derived from the Middle English (1200 - 1500) "frennsee, frenche" a development of the Olde English pre 7th Century "frencisc", meaning french. In some cases it may originally have been more that a nickname for someone who adopted French airs. Irish bearers of the surname are said to be descended from Theophilus de Frensche, a Norman baron who accompanied William the Conqueror in 1066, a branch of whose descendants settled in County Wexford in circa 1300. Some of the same family settled in County Roscommon in circa 1620, this was the branch that produced Field marshal Sir John French (1852 - 1925), commander-in-chief of the British Expeditionary Forces in the First World WAr...

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John B French

Hello, We have been trying to find any info on Edward French, my great, great grandfather who emigrated to Canada in the early 1800's. He eventually became the Superintendent of the Mariner's hospital in Bathurst, New Brunswick, CA. HE died in the 1850's and his wife and some of her children left CA and came to Boston. We have the ship name of that voyage and my great grandfather John Henry French's naturalization papers from 1879. Any suggestions as to hoe we might find any info on Edward French?