Bonnard History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Bonnard

What does the name Bonnard mean?

The French surname Bonnard is an occupational name for someone who made and sold hats. 1 2

Early Origins of the Bonnard family

The surname Bonnard was first found in Languedoc, where the family held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Bonnard family

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Bonnard Spelling Variations

The many different spellings of French surnames can be partially explained by the use of local dialects and by the influence of other languages during the early development of the French language. As a result of these linguistic and cultural influences, the name Bonnard is distinguished by a number of regional variations. The many spelling variations of the name include Bonnet, Bonner, Bonné, Bonnée, Bonnais, Bonney, Bonnay, Bonnaie, Bonnai, Bonnaye, Bonet, Boner, Boné, Bonée, Boney, Bonay, Bonaye, de Bonnet, de Bonner, de Bonnay, de Bonney, de Bonet, de Boner, de Boney, de Bonay, de Bonnet, de Bonner, de Bonney, de Bonnay, de Bonet, de Boner, de Boney, de Bonay, de Bonet, du Bonnet, Dubonnet and many more.

Early Notables of the Bonnard family

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Bonnard Ranking

In France, the name Bonnard is the 533^rd most popular surname with an estimated 8,639 people with that name. 3

Bonnard migration to the United States +

Approximately 110 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec. France gave land incentives for 2,000 migrants during the next decade. Early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. Migration to New France (Quebec) continued from France until it fell in 1759. In the year 1675 the Acadian presence in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island had reached 500. In 1755, 10,000 French Acadians refused to take an oath of allegiance to England and were deported to Louisiana. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The distinguished family name Bonnard has made significant contributions to the culture, arts, sciences and religion of France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Bonnard were

Bonnard Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

S M Bonnard, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 4
A Bonnard, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 4

Bonnard migration to Canada +

Bonnard Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Jean Bonnard, who landed in Canada in 1641

Contemporary Notables of the name Bonnard (post 1700) +

Ennemond Bonnard, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 5
Charles Robert André Bonnard, French Brigadier General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 6
Brigadier-General Georges Bonnard (1894-1969), French Commanding Officer during World War II 7
Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947), French painter
Abel Bonnard (1883-1968), French poet
Suzanne Bonnard (b. 1904), Swiss Olympic fencer
Michelle Bonnard, English actress
Bonnard John Teegarden, American retired astrophysicist with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, known for discovering Teegarden's star in 2003

Sources +

Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
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)
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 11) Ennemond Bonnard. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, February 11) Charles Bonnard. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 3) Georges Bonnard. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Bonnard/Georges-Joseph-Th%C3%A9odore/France.html