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Etymology of Bonney

What does the name Bonney mean?

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

Early Origins of the Bonney family

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

Early History of the Bonney family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bonney research. Another 389 words (28 lines of text) covering the years 1642, 1668, 1688, 1703, 1718, 1720, 1765 and 1793 are included under the topic Early Bonney History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bonney Spelling Variations

French surnames were subject to numerous spelling alterations depending on the region and time it was used. The early development of the French language relied heavily on borrowing elements and grammar from other languages. For example, Old French was infused with Germanic words and sounds when barbarian tribes invaded and settled in France after the fall of the Roman Empire. Middle French also borrowed heavily from the Italian language during the Renaissance. As a result of these linguistic and cultural influences, the name Bonney 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 Bonney family

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Bonney Ranking

the United States, the name Bonney is the 5,837th most popular surname with an estimated 4,974 people with that name. 3

Bonney migration to the United States +

In 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec, in 1663 there were only 500, 2,000 migrants arrived during the next decade. Early marriage was desperately encouraged amongst the immigrants. Youths of 18 took fourteen-year-old girls for their wives. The fur trade was developed and attracted migrants, both noble and commoner from France. 15,000 explorers left Montreal in the late 17th and 18th centuries. Migration from France to New France or Quebec as it was now more popularly called, continued from France until it fell in 1759. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year 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. Meanwhile, in Quebec, the French race flourished, founding in Lower Canada, one of the two great solitudes which became Canada. Many distinguished contributions have been made by members of this family name Bonney. It has been prominent in the arts, religion, politics and culture in France and New France. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Bonney were

Bonney Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Henry Bonney, who arrived in Virginia in 1636 4
  • Thomas Bonney, who arrived in New England in 1645 4
Bonney Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Joseph Bonney, who settled in Virginia in 1773
Bonney Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Harriet Bonney, who landed in New York, NY in 1811 4
  • Samuel Bonney, who arrived in New York, NY in 1811 4
  • Sarah Bonney, who landed in New York, NY in 1811 4
  • J P Bonney, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1850 4
  • E B Bonney, who landed in San Francisco, California in 1851 4

Bonney migration to Canada +

Bonney Settlers in Canada in the 18th Century
  • Mr. Joel Bonney U.E. who settled in New Brunswick c. 1783 possible of the 74th Highlanders 5
Bonney Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century
  • Mr. William Bonney, aged 20 who was a Seaman aboard the ship "James Moran" taking passenger to Grosse Isle Quarantine Station in Quebec departing from the port of Liverpool, England but died at Grosse Isle on 5th July 1847 in the typhus epidemic 6

Bonney migration to Australia +

Bonney Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
  • James Bonney, English convict from Lancaster, who was transported aboard the "Albion" on September 21, 1826, settling in New South Wales, Australia 7
  • Mr. George Bonney, (Knight, Major), English convict who was convicted in West Riding, Yorkshire, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Aurora" on 18th June 1835, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 8
  • Edward Bonney, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Glen Huntley" in 1849 9
  • William Bonney, who arrived in Adelaide, Australia aboard the ship "Susannah" in 1849 10
  • Richard Bonney, aged 24, a miner, who arrived in South Australia in 1855 aboard the ship "Victoria Regia"
  • ... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Contemporary Notables of the name Bonney (post 1700) +

  • William H. Bonney (1859-1881), born William Henry McCarty, Jr., better known as Billy the Kid, an American gunman and frontier outlaw in the American Old West who claimed to have killed 21 men
  • Thérèse Bonney (1894-1978), American photographer and publicist, best known for her work during World War II on the Russian-Finnish front
  • Raymond Leroy Bonney (1892-1920), American silver medalist ice hockey player at the 1920 Summer Olympics
  • Leonard Warden Bonney (1884-1928), American pioneering aviator who flew for the Wright Exhibition Team
  • Barbara Bonney (b. 1956), American opera singer from Montclair, New Jersey
  • John Bonney (1946-2022), Australian rules footballer who played 86 matches for St Kilda (1967-1976) scoring 79 goals
  • Henry Kaye Bonney D.D. (1780-1862), English churchman and author, son of Henry Kaye Bonney, rector of King’s Clifte and prebendary of Lincoln 11
  • Richard Bonney (b. 1947), English historian and priest
  • Charles Bonney (1813-1897), English-born pioneer and politician in Australia
  • ... (Another 1 notables are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)
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  2. Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
  3. "What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
  4. 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)
  5. Rubincam, Milton. The Old United Empire Loyalists List. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc, 1976. (Originally published as; United Empire Loyalists. The Centennial of the Settlement of Upper Canada. Rose Publishing Company, 1885.) ISBN 0-8063-0331-X
  6. Charbonneau, André, and Doris Drolet-Dubé. A Register of Deceased Persons at Sea and on Grosse Île in 1847. The Minister of Canadian Heritage, 1997. ISBN: 0-660-198/1-1997E (p. 62)
  7. State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2016, October 27) Albion voyage to New South Wales, Australia in 1826 with 192 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/albion/1826
  8. Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 20th August 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/aurora
  9. State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) The GLEN HUNTLEY 1849. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1849GlenHuntly.htm
  10. State Records of South Australia. (Retrieved 2010, November 5) SUSANNAH 1849. Retrieved from http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/BSA/1849Susannah.htm
  11. Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 5 Feb. 2019

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