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Supposedly my Vaus ancestors were from France, lived in England a bit and settled in Canada. Have found several variations of the name including what we believe was the French version --Vaux(rhymes with bow): Vaus (rhymes with moss), Vans, Vous and now Voice....My question: they lived in Sussex; would you think Voice was written down when my ancestor said his name was Vaux or Vaus? Any guesses very much appreciated. Thank you, Lisa

I think it is highly possible that Vaus could have been transcribed as Voice, if pronounced 'voss' as in 'boss'. What do others think?

Lisa, maybe VOSS, VOYCE, VOE, we have a street here in liverpool called VAUXHALL this is said like voxhall, so vaux could be Vox or even FOX .... MOE!

Off thread a little bit but we have a street in Leicester written Belvoir, pronounced beaver!!!! Still haven't got the hang of this midlands lingo and I've been up here 13 years! S

Just putting Vaus and Sussex into Ancestry, a few results come up - 5 in the 1861, 2 in the 1871 and 1 in 1881 and 1891. Who is it you are looking for? Kath. x

And just to add to the confusion, on the igi site found VOCE VAUSE VOSE VOS VOSS DE VOSS (in Nord, France) Have you thought it could be 'vaux' that rhymes with faux fur. Heather

I'd say Voice is definitely a possibility, if the Enumerator didn't know who they were.

Hi everyone. Thank you for responding! I'm having computer problems, grrr, and couldn't get back here after posting. We have a 'family sheet' that lists Vaus', dates of birth and death, and relationships, and the information matches almost perfectly with information from the IGI. I'm 'stuck' with William Vaus marrying in 1748/49 (cannot get anything prior to that). I'm wondering if he could be the ancestor who came over from France. Family tales state a Guillaume Vaux de Mon(t)fort left France, settled in England for a short time, then settled in Canada. Cannot find the birth of Wiliam Vaus and I'm wondering if he could be the G. Vaux I'm looking for. (Found out the Vaus family married INTO the Mumford family -- there never was a Vaux de Mon(t)fort.) I've found two records for William with the Vaux spelling, which also makes me believe he is the French ancestor, if there ever was one. Soooo, thats why I was wondering if he told the person Vaux or Vaus. I've rambled -- does all of this make sense? PS My relatives pronounced Vaux rhyming with 'faux'. Thank you for your response, I'm back to reading them closer now.

Hi Christine, only thing is, there are four generations of William Vaus, so I don't know if the 1748/49 William is Guillaume, or if there is yet another William before him, or even if the family tale is correct. Thank you for your response, though. :~) PS The family tale about them living in England only long enough to change the name -- wrong. They were in England from at least 1748 to the 1850's!

Hi Lisa J in Calafornia, My ancestors on my mothers side are Voice's,Most come from around the East Grinstead area in Sussex England.The name I believe in the 1500's was spelt FOYS later corrupted to Voyse and subsequently to Voice in the 1800's to date .I was told ,but do not know how true it is,that it was of French origin . however in the 1800's most were indeed known as AGRICULTERAL Labourers if married and farm labourers if single.There were some of my Great Grandfathers family that emigrated to America .Most likely his Uncles.

Carole

Have you noted the date of the posting you responded to? It's 3 years old, so it might be better if you sent Lisa a PM. This of course assumes she is still a GR member.

David