| Bruyer History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms Early Origins of the Bruyer familyThe surname Bruyer was first found in Picardy (French: Picardie) in northern France, where this noble family held a family seat since ancient times. Early History of the Bruyer familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bruyer research. Another 370 words (26 lines of text) covering the years 1385, 1400, 1487, 1500, 1546, 1578, 1588, 1600, 1645, 1650, 1651, 1658, 1693, 1696 and 1700 are included under the topic Early Bruyer History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Bruyer Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Labruyer, Labruyère, La Bruyère, Bruyère, Labruyères, La Bruyères, Bruyères, Bruyer, Brier, Bryer, Brière, Bryère, Labryère, Labrière, La Brière, La Bryère, Labryères, Labrières, La Brières, La Bryères, Bruyères, Bruyère, Bruières, Bruière, Bruyers, Bruier, Bruiers, Bruyèrres, Bruyèrre, Bruièrres, Bruièrre, Brueyères, Brueyère, Brueires, Brueire, Bruvière, Bruvièrre, Bruvières, Bruvièrres, Brueria, Bruyeria, des Bruyères, des Bruyère, des Bruières, des Bruière, des Bruyer and many more. Early Notables of the Bruyer familyJean De La Bruyère, (1645-1696), French moralist during the late 1600's and Jean, Lord of la Choselle, who was the Lieutenant-General of the Forest and Lands department of Bourgogne in 1546. His son bought the barony of Longepierre in 1578. Cornelis... Another 40 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Bruyer Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Bruyer familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Franç ois Bruyère, aged 26; who settled in New Orleans in 1820; Christian Brier settled in Philadelphia in 1858; and J. Brier, aged 25; settled in New Orleans in 1823..
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