It could be that your grandfather went along with what many people today still believe--that the DuBose name was once DuBois. I can't tell you how many times I've tried researching, making a reservation, or just talking to someone when I've told them my name (DuBois) and even spelled it for them, and they still write down "DuBose" and then when I point out to them gently that it is "DuBois" they still insist on saying that "Oh, but around here, this (DuBose) is how you spell and pronounce "DuBois". Trying to explain the difference usually falls on deaf ears. So it is a very common misconception. But, Betty, it could also be because your name once DID have an "i" in it--spelled DuBoise. I do occasionally find a once-DuBose turn into a DuBoise in a record or two. And later the "e" is dropped, or the "i" is dropped and you are back where you started. So it is possible your grandfather was right and at the same time, so was your genealogist. A final note--I've seen DuBose's eventually become a DuBois, but I have yet to find it going the other direction. And when I say " the poor DuBoise" family, it is because they could have been from either family, so have to look twice as hard and as often. Hope this helps. Elizabeth DuBois Russo PS--I have seen migrations in my own related families that went from AL to LA to TX, with the stay in LA so short as not to be documented.... Betty Dawn Hamilton wrote: > > I find this to be very interesting. Many years ago when my grandfather > Charles Sidney DuBose was alive, he used to tell us that we once had an "i" > in our name. I have one cousin whose father told her that our family came > to Texas by way of Louisiana (living there a short while). The current tree > that I am researching that another cousin had researched professionally is > > Isaac DUBOSC - Susannah COUILLANDEAU > Stephen - Lydia > John DUBOSE - Lydia CARTER > Jeremiah DUBOSE - Rebecca HAMPTON > John DUBOSE (1st wife Jane Rabb) - Amanda Kate SMITH (my gr grandmother) > Charles Sidney DUBOSE - Margaret (Maggie) Cole MORGAN > Jack Charles DUBOSE - Bobbie Oletha COOK > > Me - Betty Dawn DUBOSE HAMILTON and siblings > Terry J. DUBOSE > Jackie DUBOSE CARY > > We have wills and census records of John and Amanda in Texas, Amanda's > father's will mentioning son-in-law John DuBOSE, and Jeremiah, naming son > John. There are so many Johns in the DuBOSC, DuBOSE, DuBOISE, etc. lines > that I wonder . . . > > The line that we have been researching and seems to be pretty will > documented arrived from France and then moved and lived -> SC, FL, AL, to > TX. I don't have a Louisiana stop anywhere, nor do I see an "i" in our > surname anywhere. I keep wondering, however, why my grandfather's > generation mentioned both? > > Betty > > Betty Dawn Hamilton, LRS * mailto:bhamilt@worldnet.att.net > Historian, Terry County Historical Commission > > ==== DuBose Mailing List ==== > *********** PRUNE YOUR QUOTES! *********** > //// > (0 0) > +----------oOO----(_)----------------+ > Send comments about the Forum to: > Steven J. Coker, Forum Manager > P.O. Box 359, Charleston, SC 29402 > DuBose@GeoCities.com > http://www.dubose.org/ > +-----------------oOO----------------+ > |__|__| > || || > ooO Ooo > DuBose Message Board: http://www.InsideTheWeb.com/mbs.cgi/mb123571