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Early Origins of the Bernau family

The surname Bernau was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France, where the family has held a family seat since early times.

Early History of the Bernau family

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Bernau Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bernault, Bernaults, Bernaut, Bernauts, Bernaulx, Bernaux, Bernaud, Bernauds, Bernaude, Bernaudes, Bernot, Bernots, Bernod, Bernods, Bairnault, Bairnaults, Bairnaut, Bairnauts, Bairnaulx, Bairnaux, Bairnaud, Bairnauds, Bairnaude, Bairnaudes, de Bernault and many more.

Early Notables of the Bernau family

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United States Bernau migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bernau Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Matthias Siegfried Heinr Erns Bernau, who settled in New York in 1849
  • Matthias Siegfried Heinr Ernst Bernau, who landed in New York in 1849 1
  • Friedrich Bernau, who settled in New York, NY in 1851
  • Johann Bernau, who arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1851
  • Anna Bernau, who settled in New York, NY in 1865
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Bernau (post 1700) +

  • Simon John Bernau, Mathematics educator, Head of the Mathematics Department at the Missouri State University, Missouri


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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