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Early Origins of the Barnie family

The surname Barnie 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 Barnie family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Barnie 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 Barnie History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Barnie Spelling Variations

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

Early Notables of the Barnie 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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Barnie migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Barnie Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
  • Deboro Barnie, who arrived in Virginia in 1635 1
  • Miss Ann Barnie, aged 23, who arrived in Virginia in 1635 aboard the ship "Phillip" 2
Barnie Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Henry Barnie, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1868 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Barnie (post 1700) +

  • Barnie Henderson, American Republican politician, Alternate Delegate to Republican National Convention from Texas, 1988 3


  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. Pilgrim Ship's of 1600's Retrieved January 6th 2023, retrieved from https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm
  3. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 19) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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