Bord History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Bord family

The surname Bord was first found in Forez, a former province of France, now part of the modern Loire, the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme départements, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor in the region of Lyonais. The family were well established in this region and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived. The name Bord is derived from the word "bordo" which means "shore, bank."

Early History of the Bord family

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Bord Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Borde, Bordes, de la Borde, de Borde, de Bord, Bord, de la Bord, des Bord and many more.

Early Notables of the Bord family

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Bord Ranking

In France, the name Bord is the 3,520^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 1

Bord migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bord Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Robert Bord, who arrived in Virginia in 1654 2
John Bord, who arrived in Maryland in 1678 2

Bord migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Bord Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

John Bord, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Mary Ann" in 1849 3

Contemporary Notables of the name Bord (post 1700) +

Thomas B. Bord, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Gold Democrat National Convention from California, 1896

Historic Events for the Bord family +

HMS Repulse

Mr. Frederick Vivian Bord, British Petty Officer, who sailed into battle on the HMS Repulse (1941) and died in the sinking 4

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)
State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) The MARY ANN 1849. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1849MaryAnn.htm
HMS Repulse Crew members. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listrepulsecrew.html