Berthel History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Berthel family

The surname Berthel 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 Berthel family

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

Berthel 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 Berthel family (pre 1700)

Quelques membres notables appartenaient à cette famille. Parmi eux, on trouve 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...
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Berthel migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Berthel Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Frederick Berthel, who landed in Washington County, Pennsylvania in 1854 [2]

Contemporary Notables of the name Berthel (post 1700) +

Berthel John Meyer, American Republican politician, Candidate in primary for Michigan State House of Representatives from Berrien County 1st District, 1942 [3]

Citations +

Smith, George (ed), Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1885-1900. Print
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 5) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html