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Early Origins of the Bernie family

The surname Bernie was first found in Dauphiny (French: Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois), a former province in southeastern France, where the family has held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Bernie family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bernie research. Another 236 words (17 lines of text) covering the years 1100, 1580, 1602, 1623, 1625, 1635, 1659, 1664, 1680, 1685, 1688, 1700, 1713, 1734, 1762 and 1806 are included under the topic Early Bernie History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bernie Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bernier, Bernière, Bernières and others.

Early Notables of the Bernie family

  • François Bernier (1625-1688), a French physician and traveler; Nicolas Bernier (1664-1734), a French composer; and Henri de Bernières (c. 1635-1700), born in Caen, Normandy, the son of Pierre de Berni...
  • Joachim Bernier de la Brousse (c. 1580-1623), was a 17th-century baroque French poet
  • Étienne-Alexandre Bernier or Abbé Bernier (1762-1806) was a French religious figure and Royalist politician during the French Revolution. Under Napoleon Bonaparte, Bernier was assigned to negotiate th...


Bernie migration to the United States +



Bernie Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Ann Bernie, aged 23, who arrived in Virginia in 1635 1
Bernie Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Charles Bernie, who arrived in America in 1808 1
  • Andres Bernie, who landed in Puerto Rico in 1816 1
  • George Bernie, who landed in America in 1855 1
Bernie Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
  • Anton Bernie, who arrived in Arkansas in 1904 1

Bernie migration to Australia +

Bernie Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
  • Sarah M. Bernie, aged 19, a domestic servant, who arrived in South Australia in 1855 aboard the ship "Flora" 2

Bernie migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Bernie Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century
  • Ebenezer Bernie, who landed in Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand in 1840

Contemporary Notables of the name Bernie (post 1700) +

  • Dr. Bernie Critchfield (1923-1965), American chairman of the Utah State Medical Association, Athletic injures who died in the 1965 Douglas DC-3 crash with Marion Probert
  • Bernie Constantin (1947-2025), Swiss songwriter and radio show host
  • Bernie Worrell (1944-2016), American keyboardist and composer
  • Bernie Fuchs (1932-2009), American illustrator known for advertising art and magazine illustration
  • Bernie Wanden, New Zealand politician, Mayor of Horowhenua District of New Zealand's North Island (2019-)
  • Bernie Vince (b. 1985), former Australian rules footballer for the Australian National Team in 2011
  • Bernie Hannity, British researcher and academic with the School of Health Sciences, Jean McFarlane Building, The University of Manchester
  • Bernie Crowe (1932-2022), Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club (1957)
  • Bernie LaBarge (b. 1953), Canadian Juno Award nominated guitarist, singer, and songwriter from Ottawa, Ontario


  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)
  2. South Australian Register Monday 9th April 1855. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) Flora 1855. Retrieved http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/flora1855.shtml


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