Bererd History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

The first bearer of the name Bererd most likely took on this name based on an early member of the family who was a someone who was "as strong as a bear" having derived from Old French nickname berart.

Early Origins of the Bererd family

The surname Bererd was first found in Brittany, where they held a family seat from very ancient times. They held a family seat in that province at Demaine where they were nobility from about the times of the Norman invasion of England in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Bererd family

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Bererd Spelling Variations

There are many spelling variations of Breton surnames, because the Old and Middle English languages lacked definite spelling rules. The official court languages, which were Latin and French, were also influential on the spelling of a surname. Since the spelling of surnames was rarely consistent in medieval times, and scribes and church officials recorded names as they sounded rather than adhering to any specific spelling rules, it was common to find references to one individual with many different spellings of their surname in the ancient chronicles. Moreover, a large number of foreign names were brought into England, which accelerated and accentuated the alterations to the spelling of various surnames. The name has been spelled Berard, Barrard, Berad and others.

Early Notables of the Bererd family

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Bererd migration to the United States +

Records show the name Bererd in some of the earliest immigrant records of North America:

Bererd Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

William Bererd, who landed in Mississippi in 1799 1

Bererd migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bererd Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Joseph Bererd, aged 17, a labourer, who arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick aboard the ship "Madawaska" in 1833

Citations +

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)