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From: Fields, Tina< >
Subject: Re: Christian name Foy?
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 21:10:10 -0500

Hi - wouldn't "Foy" be an old spelling for "Foi" or "Faith" ????

Eric Le Maitre wrote:

> Hello group,
> Has anyone ever come across the girl's name "Foy" in
> the Channel islands? The record which does not read as "Fay" appears in the
> burial record of Foy Le Maistre the wife of Etienne Breton in Vale, Guernsey
> on 16 March 1687.
> I have not yet been able to locate her baptism in Guernsey.
>
> Any information or suggestions very welcome.
>
> Eric
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• Christian name Foy? by "Eric Le Maitre" <>
  • Re: Christian name Foy? by Pam Hislop <>

  • Re: Christian name Foy? by Fields, Tina< >