Show ContentsBures History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Early Origins of the Bures family

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

Early History of the Bures family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bures 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 Bures History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bures Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Bures 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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United States Bures migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bures Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Perfecto Bures, who arrived in Puerto Rico in 1875 1
  • Joseph Bures, aged 24, who arrived in Kansas in 1886 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Bures (post 1700) +

  • Doris Bures (b. 1962), Austrian politician


  1. 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)


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