Thank you for your comments. The info you gave me corresponds to what I already had, but it appears that my family, despite the similarity of first names, does not have the same origin. A book published 2 years ago by l'Association Royale, Office Généalogique et Héraldique de Belgique, states that the belief of identical origin is erroneous. This book deals with the 3 noble branches of my family, which may be traced in the early 1500's in the Flemish part of what is presently Belgium. At that time the name was
Van Den Bosch (
Du Bois in French, or Of the Wood in
English ), soon translated into French
Du Bois, and then
Du Bois.
Thanks again for your kind attention.