Berges History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Berges family

The surname Berges was first found in Brittany, originally Armorica in ancient times, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Dol and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Early History of the Berges family

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Berges Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Verger, Vergé, Vergier, Duverger, Duvergier, Duvergié, Duvergé, Vergié, Duvergey, Vergey, Vergès, Bergès, Bergez, Vergez, Verges, Vergeur, Vergiers, Desvergiers, Vergèzes and many more.

Early Notables of the Berges family

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Berges Ranking

In France, the name Berges is the 2,219^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,878 people with that name. 1

Berges migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Berges Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Michael Berges, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1748 2
Stephen Berges, who arrived in Charles Town, South Carolina in 1782 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Berges (post 1700) +

James Berges, American businessman, President of Emerson Electric Corp from 1999 to 2005
Rafael Bergés Martín (b. 1971), Spanish retired footballer and current coach
Pedro Manuel Bergés Naval (1906-1978), Cuban footballer at the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France
Friedel Berges (1903-1969), German swimmer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics
Víctor Gómez Bergés, Dominican lawyer and politician
Carl Berges Fritsche (1885-1972), American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1924 3

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 8) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html