Fourbour Family History & Genealogy

Summary

This unusual and interesting name has its origins in the Old French word 'fo(u)rbisseor' from 'fourbir' to burnish, furbish and is an occupational surname for someone who worked as a polisher of metal. In particular this would apply to someone employed by an armourer to put the finishing touches to his work, to 'furbish' the armour by rubbing it until it was bright. The more common variant of the name in the modern idiom is 'Frobisher', where the first element of the original 'fo(u)rbisseor' has been transposed.

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Early Fourbours