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Early Origins of the Bours family

The surname Bours was first found in Périgord,

Early History of the Bours family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bours research. Another 95 words (7 lines of text) covering the years 1320, 1425, 1461, 1478, 1485, 1824, 1827, 1839 and 1857 are included under the topic Early Bours History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Bours Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bourret, Bourre, Bourré, Bourrier, Bourrette and many more.

Early Notables of the Bours family

Notable amongst the name at this time was Joseph-Christian-Ernest Bourret, cardinal and bishop of Rodez. Born in Labro in 1827, he became conference chief at the School of Carmes, where he taught the future president of the council, Emile Combes. In 1857 he received his...
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United States Bours migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Bours Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • B Bours, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Bours (post 1700) +

  • Peter Bours (1706-1761), American politician, Speaker of the Rhode Island House of Deputies, 1744-46, 1757-59 2


  1. 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)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 29) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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