Show ContentsBurelle History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Burelle family

The surname Burelle was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy.

Early History of the Burelle family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Burelle research. Another 92 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1400, 1447, 1463, 1470, 1496, 1499, 1540, 1555, 1773 and 1810 are included under the topic Early Burelle History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Burelle Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bureau, Bure, Buré, Burel, Bures and others.

Early Notables of the Burelle family

Notable amongst the family in this period was Jean Bureau (d. 1463), Charles VII 's master of artillery during the final years of the Hundred Year's War; Guillaume-François Bure, nicknamed The Younger, who was of a family of...
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Migration of the Burelle family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: 200 immigrants of the lineage who arrived from France onto Canadian shores between 1600 and 1900. Although the majority arrived during the nineteenth century, early settlers include Catherine Bureau, who married in 1669 in Sainte-Famille, Quebec.


Contemporary Notables of the name Burelle (post 1700) +

  • Jean Burelle (b. 1938), French billionaire, chairman and CEO of the family-owned company Burelle, son of Pierre Burelle
  • Pierre Burelle, French businessman and founder of Burelle, a French holding company based in Paris in 1957, now a public company which owns Plastic Omnium
  • Catherine Burelle (b. 1959), Belgian sprint canoer in the K-2 500 m event at the 1976 Summer Olympics


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