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From: Gerhard Ruf <>
Subject: [Huguenot-L] Re: Balcet - Waldensian Connections
Date: Tue, 02 Feb 1999 10:43:14


Ari,

Thank you for your response (as well as those others who responded
privately.) It is good to know that there are others on this list who are
interested in Waldensians. If I run across a list of Waldensian surnames,
I'll let you know.

I have seen the surname Beus in some of the literature I have found in
the Salt Lake City Family History Library. The focus of my research there
has been in mostly german writings. I'll take some time to see what I can
find on your Beus surname. Do you believe that your Beux/Beus ancestors
came to South America from the Piedmont/Piemont through Germany?

Thank you for the meaning of Balce and the other spelling variations. I
had read that the name means a cornice, but was not familiar with the other
useage you mentioned. I would be interested in similar information on
Coutandin.

The marriage I noted in my original post was recorded in the early
Palmbach records. Were you aware that the name of the area before the
arrival of the Waldensians was (Gruen)Wettersbach? The writers about this
group suggest that they came from La Balme in the Val Perosa.

At 05:19 AM 2/2/99 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Gerhard
>
>I am looking too for an Waldensian list.Please, tell me when you discover
>it. My ancestrals was Waldensians from Piedmont (Beux,Beus) and come from
>Brazil in 1875 , and to Uruguay circa 1855.
>I don´t know if you know, but :
>Balce, Balcet, Balset, Balsa, was a family from Val Pragelato in the XVIII
>century. The autor A Perosa said that in 1317, a person called Pietro Balsa,
>was called *valdesia*. In the local dialet, the term *balsa, bars* indicated
>a portion of land, or a cornice of a stone wall. BAR, pre-celt root word,
>contribute to mold several surnames, as BALCE, BALSE, BALCET that appear in
>Wurttemberg in Palmbach in 1698.
>I read this at * The names of familys from Waldensian Vals*
>I don´t know if in Colonia Valdense, Uruguay, you can found Balce, but I
>will look this with my contacts there.
>There are a explanation about Coutandin too. Do you want it?
>
>Ari Beux Thomaz
>Brazil

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