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Bavaria, Germany is the original homeland of the Bohne family. Bohne is a patronymic name, a type of surname that derived from the given name of the father of the original bearer. Bohne was derived from the Germanic personal name Bono, which is in turn derived from the Old Nordic word bon, which means demand or petition.
The surname Bohne was first found in Bavaria, where the family contributed greatly to the development of an emerging nation.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bohne research. Another 80 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1640, 1718 and 1835 are included under the topic Early Bohne History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
In the medieval era, many different cultural groups lived in the German states. There are thus many regional variations of German surnames from that era. Westphalians spoke Low German, which is similar to modern Dutch. Many German names carry suffixes that identify where they came from. Others have phrases attached that identify something about the original bearer. Other variations in German names resulted from the fact that medieval scribes worked without the aid of any spelling rules. The spelling variations of the name Bohne include Bohn, Bohen, Boehn, Bohenn, Bohne, Bohene, Bohenne, Boen, Boene, Boenn, Boenne, Boehne and many more.
More information is included under the topic Early Bohne Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Between the mid-17th and mid-20th centuries, German settlers arrived in North America by the thousands. Persecution based on religion and poverty were great motivators in this large-scale migration. So too was the opportunity for tenant farmers to own their own land. Ample land and opportunity awaited the settlers who went to such states as Pennsylvania, Texas, New York, Illinois, and California, as well as Ontario and the prairie provinces of Canada. Research into the origins of individual families in North America revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Bohne or a variant listed above: