Bourdel History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Etymology of Bourdel

A French family in the ancient region of Auvergne was the first to use the name Bourdel. Bourdel was a name for someone who lived at or near a farm, deriving its origin from the word "borde", which is a Mediterranean French word for "farm". Accordingly, the surname meant "dweller on the farm". It is a local name, meaning that the name is derived from the place where the original bearer lived and held land.

Early Origins of the Bourdel family

Early History of the Bourdel family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bourdel research. The years 1413, 1561, 1653, 1688, 1838, 1861, 1895, 1900 and 1912 are included under the topic Early Bourdel History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bourdel Spelling Variations

Throughout the course of history most surnames have undergone changes for many reasons. During the early development of the French language, a son and father may not have chosen to spell their name the same way. Many are simple spelling changes by a person who gave his name, phonetically, to a scribe, priest, or recorder. Many names held prefixes or suffixes which became optional as they passed through the centuries, or were adopted by different branches to signify either a political or religious adherence. Hence, we have many spelling variations of this name, Bourdel some of which are Bordeleau, Bourdeleau, Bourdelle, Bordelon, Bourdelon, Bourdeleau, Bourdeille, Bordeille, Bourdel, Bordel, Bourdelin, Bordelin, Bourdelles and many more.

Early Notables of the Bourdel family

• Cardinal Eleie de Bourdeille, who was archbishop of Tours in 1413. In 1561 André de Bourdeille was Captain of 50 soldiers. François de Bourdeille was bishop of Périgueux at this time. Laurent Bordelon...
• Léon-Jean-Baptiste Bourdelles was an engineer in Périgueux in 1838. Very famous at this time was Émile Bourdelle, a sculptor in Montauban. Born in 1861, he sculpted many works and from 1895 to 1900 wh...

Bourdel Ranking

France, the name Bourdel is the 5,409^th most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1

Migration of the Bourdel family

In 1643, 109 years after the first landings by Cartier, there were only about 300 people in Quebec. Migration was slow. The fur trade attracted migrants, both noble and commoner. By 1675, there were 7000 French in Quebec. By the same year the French Acadian presence in the Maritimes had reached 500. The French founded Lower Canada, thus becoming one of the two great founding nations of Canada. The family name Bourdel has made many distinguished contributions in France and New France to the world of science, culture, religion, and education. Amongst the settlers in North America with this distinguished name Bourdel were Antoine Bordeleau, a soldier in the company of Maximy in the regiment of Carignan in France, who settled in Quebec in September 1665. Another Antoine Bordeleau was married in Quebec in 1696 and had 16 children who carried the name through the following centuries in Canada. Jean-Baptiste Bordeleau died in Neuville, Quebec, in 1721.