Bau History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Bau family

The surname Bau was first found in Auvergne, a historic province in south central France.

Early History of the Bau family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bau research. Another 256 words (18 lines of text) covering the years 1400, 1430, 1561, 1589, 1603, 1613, 1643, 1645, 1646, 1669, 1692, 1708 and 1816 are included under the topic Early Bau History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bau Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Baud, Bau, Baux, Baus, Bod, Bot, Baude, Boad, Boade, Bode, Baut, Le Baud, Le Bau, Le Baux, Le Baus, Le Bod, Le Baude, Le Boad, Le Boade, Le Bode, Le Baut, Le Baute, Du Baud, Du Bau, Du Baux, Du Baus, Du Bod, Du Bot, Du Baude, Du Boad, Du Boade, Du Bode, Du Baut and many more.

Early Notables of the Bau family

Notable amongst the family was

Claude Thomas Baux, Lord of Arnoux

Bau Ranking

In France, the name Bau is the 8,464^th most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 1

Bau migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bau Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Hans Martin Bau, who settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1732
Hans Martin Bau, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1732 2
Hans Georg Bau, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1768 2
God Bau, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1788 2

Bau Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

H. Bau, aged 49, settled in New Orleans in 1820
Henry Bau, aged 60, settled in New York in 1822
James Bau, aged 18, settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1822
James Bau, aged 40, settled in New York in 1822
Johann Christian Bau, who landed in New York, NY in 1850 2

Contemporary Notables of the name Bau (post 1700) +

Melisa Le Bau, American Democratic Party politician, Alternate Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1936 3

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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 9) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html