Bordier History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England

Bordier is an Anglo-Saxon name. The name was originally given to a cottager or someone who was a tenant.

Early Origins of the Bordier family

The surname Bordier was first found in Somerset, where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Bordier family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bordier research. Another 150 words (11 lines of text) covering the years 1201, 1296, 1349, 1369, 1570 and 1647 are included under the topic Early Bordier History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bordier Spelling Variations

One relatively recent invention that did much to standardize English spelling was the printing press. However, before its invention even the most literate people recorded their names according to sound rather than spelling. The spelling variations under which the name Bordier has appeared include Border, Borders, Boarder, Bordere, Bowrder, Bordder and many more.

Early Notables of the Bordier family

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Bordier Ranking

In France, the name Bordier is the 1,737^th most popular surname with an estimated 3,492 people with that name. 1

Bordier migration to the United States +

At this time, the shores of the New World beckoned many English families that felt that the social climate in England was oppressive and lacked opportunity for change. Thousands left England at great expense in ships that were overcrowded and full of disease. A great portion of these settlers never survived the journey and even a greater number arrived sick, starving, and without a penny. The survivors, however, were often greeted with greater opportunity than they could have experienced back home. These English settlers made significant contributions to those colonies that would eventually become the United States and Canada. An examination of early immigration records and passenger ship lists revealed that people bearing the name Bordier arrived in North America very early:

Bordier Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Claude Bordier, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719 2

Citations +

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)