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Bussey

Bussey Name Meaning
English (Norfolk of Norman origin): habitational name from any of several places in Normandy France: Boucé in Orne from which came Robert de Buci mentioned in Domesday Book Bouce (Manche) or Bucy-le-Long (Aisne). All are named with a Latin personal name Buccius (presumably a derivative of bucca ‘mouth’) + the locative suffix -acum. English: variant of Boosey . Americanized form of German Busse .
Source:
Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022
Similar surnames:
Bessey, Bursey, Bulley, Vessey, Hussey, Bushey, Busse, Tussey, Busser
From: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/learn/facts

Plot No. 806

John Leonard Bussey 2010

Plot No. 841

Edgar Bussey 2012
Barbara Mary Bussey 1930

Plot No. 883

Emma Bussey 1968
Ralph Bussey 1982

John Leonard BUSSEY Plot 806

Edgar BUSSEY Plot 841

Ralph BUSSEY Plot 883

Inscription

In
Loving Memory
Of
John Leonard Bussey
Died October 11 2010
Aged 83

Edgar Bussey
Born 12.7.1923
Died Peacefully In His 90th Year
On 07.12.2012
Beloved Husband, Father,
Grandfather And Father-In-Law
“One Of A Kind”
Barbara Mary Bussey
Born 4.3.1930
Died Peacefully In Her 85th Year
On 9.5.2014
Beloved Wife, Mother
Grandmother And Mother-In-Law
Loved By All

Treasured Memories
Of A Dear
Wife And Mother
Emma Bussey
Who Died 25th January 1968
In Her 71st Year
Ever Remembered
Also Ralph
A Dear Husband And Father
Who Died 31st October 1982
In His 83rd Year

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841	Barbara Mary BUSSEY	19 May 2014	84
841	Edgar BUSSEY	7 Dec 2012	89
883	Emma BUSSEY	25 Jan 1968	70
##	Hamet BUSSEY	20 Sep 1954	77
806	John Leonard BUSSEY	11 Oct 2010	83
883	Ralph BUSSEY	31 Oct 1982	82

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