Bourdon History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Migration from France to New France or Quebec as it was now more popularly called, continued from France until the colony fell to the English 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 Bourdon were prominent in social, cultural, religious and political affairs in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Bourdon were

Bourdon Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

• Jacques Bourdon, who arrived in Louisiana in 1755

Bourdon Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• Troussaent Bourdon, who arrived in Savannah, Georgia in 1822
• Troussaent Bourdon, who landed in Savanna(h), Georgia in 1822 5
• J Bourdon, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 5
• Mrs. Bourdon, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 5

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bourdon Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

• Jean Bourdon married Jacqueling Potel in Quebec on 9th September 1635 6
• Jean Bourdon married Anne Gasnier in Quebec on 21st August 1655 6
• Jacques Bourdon, son of Jean and Marguerite, who married Marie Ménard, daughter of Jacques and Catherine, in Boucherville, Quebec on 8th February 1672 6

Bourdon Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century

• César-Marin Bourdon, son of Jacques and Marie, who married Anne Charles, daughter of Etienne and Madeleine, in Boucherville, Quebec on 23rd December 1709 6
• Ignace Bourdon, son of Jacques and Marie, who married Jeanne Charles, daughter of Etienne and Madeleine, in Longueuil, Quebec on 13th April 1711 6
• Pierre Bourdon, son of Jacques and Marie, who married Marie-Anne Gouyou, daughter of Guillaume and Hélène, in La Prairie, Quebec on 15th January 1711 6
• Joseph-François Bourdon, son of Jacques and Marie, who married Jeanne Blau, daughter of François and Catherine, in Montreal, Quebec on 28th November 1719 6
• Joseph Bourdon, son of Pierre and Marie-Anne, who married Marie Bourdeau, daughter of Jean and Élisabeth, in Longueuil, Quebec on 26th September 1722 6
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• William R. Bourdon (1894-1973), American Republican politician, Member of Arizona State House of Representatives, 1937-40; Member of Arizona State Senate, 1955-58; Presidential Elector for Arizona, 1968 7
• Eli Bourdon, American politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from New Hampshire 2nd District, 1928, 1932 7
• Earl Bourdon (1917-1993), American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Hampshire, 1980 7
• Allen Bourdon, American politician, Candidate for Vermont State Attorney General, 1914 7
• Amé Bourdon (1636-1706), French physician and anatomist
• Didier Bourdon (b. 1959), French Algeria-born actor, screenwriter and film director
• Francois Louis Bourdon (1758-1798), French politician of the Revolutionary period
• Sébastien Bourdon (1616-1671), French painter and engraver
• Eugène Bourdon (1808-1884), French watchmaker and engineer who invented the Bourdon gauge, a pressure measuring instrument still in use today, in 1849
• Joseph Charles Rosario Bourdon D.Mus. (1885-1961), French Canadian cellist, violinist, conductor and arranger
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