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Early Origins of the Bartha family

The surname Bartha was first found in Forez, a former province of France, now part of the modern Loire département, the Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme départements, where the family held a family seat since ancient times.

Bertha, Bercta or Adilberga (d. before 616) was the daughter of Haribert, King of the Franks, reigning in Paris and his wife Ingoberg. "The dates of her birth and her marriage are not known. married Æthelberht, king of Kent. Bertha's parents are said to have consented to her marriage on the condition that she and the bishop who should come over with her should be allowed the free exercise of the rites of Christianity. " 1

Early History of the Bartha family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bartha research. Another 68 words (5 lines of text) covering the years 1660, 1685, 1691, 1698, 1727, 1732, 1750 and 1771 are included under the topic Early Bartha History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bartha Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Berthelot, Berthelo, Bertheloe, Berthelos, Berthelod, Bertelot, Bertelo, Berteloe, Bertelos, Bertelod, Berthelaut, Berthelau, Berthelaud, Bertelaud, Bertelau, Bertelaut, Berlot, Berlo, Bertlot, Bertlo, Berlod, Bertlod, Berthold, Bertholt, Bertold, Bertolt, Berthod, Berthaud, Berthot, Berthau, Berthaut, Berthault, Berthauld, Berthol and many more.

Early Notables of the Bartha family

Notable amongst the family name at this time was Martin Berteau (1691-1771), a French cellist, cello teacher, and composer; and Jeanne Agnès Berthelot de Pléneuf, Marquise de Prie (1698-1727), French noblewoman during the reign of Louis XV. Charles Bertheau (1660-1732) was a French pastor in London, born at Montpelier, and educated partly in France...
Another 52 words (4 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Bartha Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Migration of the Bartha family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: François Berthelot, aged 48, who settled in Louisiana in 1719; Thomas Bertholt settled in Philadelphia in 1750; Johann Georg Berthold settled in America in 1781.


Contemporary Notables of the name Bartha (post 1700) +

  • Justin Lee Bartha (b. 1978), American actor best known for his co-starring role as Riley Poole in the National Treasure films
  • Anna Bartha (b. 1975), American Republican politician, Delegate to Republican National Convention from Colorado, 2004 2
  • Károly Bartha (1907-1991), Hungarian swimmer who competed at the 1924 Summer Olympics
  • János "John" Bartha (b. 1920), Hungarian film actor perhaps best known for starring with Clint Eastwood in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly


  1. Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 28) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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