Last Updated : 15 Mar 2021
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Furbys have been in France at least as far back as the eighteenth century. The earliest French Furbys were understood to be "royalists". They may have originated in Britain and at least some of them would have returned to England around 1793. A Claude Furby was born on the 23rd of September 1775 at Cerdon. Charles-Jean Furby was a painter & engraver born in Bordeux in 1891 and died in Paris 1975. The National Library of France (BNF - Bibliothèque nationale de France) has five works attributed to him including a 1941 portrait entitled "Fourbis en paix, prest en affray".
Descendents of Antoine Furby born 1713
The coat of arms shown on the right is of a French Furby family whose last surviving male member was Charles Furby. Charles who has now unfortunately died, was a retired judge. His grandfather was exiled in 1852 and settled in Edinburgh, Scotland becoming the French tutor to the princes at Holyrood Castle. One of the princes later became Edward VII whom started the "Entente Cordiale". Charles' father was also born in Edinburgh. Charles' family can be traced back to Antoine Furby who was born 1713 and who died at Nimes in 1793. The motto associated with the coat of arms is "Fourbis en paix, prest en affray" which translates as "Ready in war, prepare (furbish your weapons) in peace".
Descendents of Claude Joseph Furby born 1835
Claude Joseph Furby was born on 20th February 1835 at Cerdon. He married Leonice Victorine Ferry also of Cerdon and their son Jean Louis Marius Furby was born there in 1865. Their grandchildren were born in Bourgoin between 1892 and 1902. The oldest of them, Claude Joseph Antoine Furby died at Lyon in 1934.