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From: Jan Bousse <>
Subject: Surname CLAVIER
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 16:40:02 +0200
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Just to add to what I wrote earlier. In my dictionary of family names in
Belgium and the north of France, the surname CLAVIER is listed as a surname
based on a profession, meaning : porter, holder of the keys. From the Latin
word clavis, meaning key.
Jan BOUSSE

>Hello,
>It would be clearer if one had a full quotation of that part of the
>document. As I see it, in my opinion, "...de caz Navire" should be read as
>"de case Navire", meaning that the place the person lived was the "case",
>i.e. the house or farm called Navire. I believe the locations on the
>French speaking islands were mostly called "case". I don't believe it
>refers to anything in France or Britanny or any ship, except that the fact
>the house was called Navire clearly refers to a maritime trade or past.
>Jan Bousse.

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