This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pariso, Parizeau, Drinkwine, Thiel, Cattanach Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/251.424.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi, Well the name change is easy. Bois vin means "drink wine" in French. So they just anglicized the name. Unfortunately, I don't know much else about this branch of the family. Good luck, Janet