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Question:www.somewhereintyme.com--LaFoy
Spelling variations of this family name include: Defoy, De Foy, Foy, Foyatier, Foye, Foyot, Foyer, Le Foyer, Lefoyer and many more.

First found in Auvergne.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Louis Defoy, who was married in 1696 in Quebec; Charles Defoy was married in 1718 in St-Augustin; Antoine Defoy was married in 1783 in St-Augustin; Etienne Defoy was married in 1787 in the same town

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LaFoy
French: nickname for a pious person, a variant of Foy, with the definite article la.

Foy:
French: nickname, from Old French "foi" ‘faith’ (Latin fides), either for a pious person or for someone who frequently used this term in oaths,( or curses).
French: from the medieval female personal name "Foy", which is from foi ‘faith’, as above.


(Seems to be French, instead of Asian. Your grandmother's ancestors must have come from France originally, unless that is her married name. If so, her husband's family was French.)


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: www.somewhereintyme.com--LaFoy
Spelling variations of this family name include: Defoy, De Foy, Foy, Foyatier, Foye, Foyot, Foyer, Le Foyer, Lefoyer and many more.

First found in Auvergne.

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Louis Defoy, who was married in 1696 in Quebec; Charles Defoy was married in 1718 in St-Augustin; Antoine Defoy was married in 1783 in St-Augustin; Etienne Defoy was married in 1787 in the same town

www.ancestry.com
LaFoy
French: nickname for a pious person, a variant of Foy, with the definite article la.

Foy:
French: nickname, from Old French "foi" ‘faith’ (Latin fides), either for a pious person or for someone who frequently used this term in oaths,( or curses).
French: from the medieval female personal name "Foy", which is from foi ‘faith’, as above.


(Seems to be French, instead of Asian. Your grandmother's ancestors must have come from France originally, unless that is her married name. If so, her husband's family was French.)

very like could be sound s french and they made ther way around