Barnièr History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France

Early Origins of the Barnièr family

The surname Barnièr was first found in Dauphiny (French: Dauphiné or Dauphiné Viennois), a former province in southeastern France, where the family has held a family seat since ancient times.

Early History of the Barnièr family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Barnièr research. Another 236 words (17 lines of text) covering the years 1100, 1580, 1602, 1623, 1625, 1635, 1659, 1664, 1680, 1685, 1688, 1700, 1713, 1734, 1762 and 1806 are included under the topic Early Barnièr History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Barnièr Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Bernier, Bernière, Bernières and others.

Early Notables of the Barnièr family

Notable amongst the family at this time was François Bernier (1625-1688), a French physician and traveler; Nicolas Bernier (1664-1734), a French composer; and Henri de Bernières (c. 1635-1700), born in Caen, Normandy, the son of Pierre de Bernières, Baron of Acqueville, he became a priest and was chosen as one of a group to accompany François de Laval, the first Roman Catholic bishop of New France to the new colony in 1659 where he became the first parish...
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Barnièr Ranking

In France, the name Barnièr is the 2,789^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,000 - 2,500 people with that name. 1

Barnièr migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Barnièr Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Vincent Barnier, aged 25, who arrived in Louisiana in 1719 2

Barnièr Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

William Barnier, aged 24 settled in New Orleans in 1820

Contemporary Notables of the name Barnièr (post 1700) +

Michel Barnier (b. 1951), French politician
Romain Barnier (b. 1976), French Olympic freestyle swimmer

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)