Bourdier History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Bourdier family

Early History of the Bourdier family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bourdier research. Another 83 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1413, 1516, 1521, 1526, 1543, 1561, 1750, 1762, 1770, 1824, 1848, 1852, 1861, 1906 and 1910 are included under the topic Early Bourdier History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bourdier Spelling Variations

History has changed the spelling of most surnames. During the early development of the French language in the Middle Ages, a person gave his version of his name, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. Some variables were adopted by different branches of the family name. Hence, there spelling variations of the name Bourdier, some of which include Bourdage, Bordage, Bourdages, Bourda, Bourdac, Bourdan, Bourdon, Bourdet, Bourdier, Bourderie, Bourdillot, Bourdillon, Bourdeille, Bourdeau, Bourdeaux, Bourdelle, Bourdette, Bourdarias, Bourdeu, Bourdales and many more.

Early Notables of the Bourdier family

Notable amongst the family name at this time was Gilbert Bourdeaux, a priest in 1750. Pierre-Alpinien-Bertrand Bourdeau was a man of politics who, born in 1770 in Haute-Vienne (Rochechouart), became a lawyer and took part in the first revolutionary movements. Mayor of Lomoges under the Empire, he was elected deputy and was seated among the ultra-royalists. Antoine-François Bourdeau was a man of politics in La Châtre in 1762. Jean Bourdeau, born in Limoges in 1848, was an intellectual whose numerous works can be categorized into three subjects: German questions, philosophical questions, and social questions. Louis Bourdeau was a sociologist...
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Bourdier Ranking

In France, the name Bourdier is the 1,222^nd most popular surname with an estimated 4,580 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Bourdier family

Migration from France to New France or Quebec as it was now more popularly called, continued from France until it fell in 1759. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In the treaty of Utrecht, the Acadians were ceded by France to Britain in 1713. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported. They found refuge in Louisiana. In 1793, the remaining French in these provinces came under British rule. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many of this distinguished family name Bourdier were prominent in social, cultural, religious and political affairs in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Bourdier were Andre Bourdeau, who married in 1765 in St. Philippe, Quebec; Marie Charlotte Bourdage married in 1774; Antoinette Bourdages married in 1792; Zephirin Bourdages was a sailor in 1871 who lived in Bonaventure, Quebec..