| ![Show Contents]() Bourdillon History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
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Etymology of BourdillonWhat does the name Bourdillon mean? The history of the Bourdillon family goes back to the Medieval landscape of southern France, to a region known as Languedoc. It is derived from the family living in Languedoc. Early Origins of the Bourdillon familyThe surname Bourdillon was first found in Languedoc. Early History of the Bourdillon familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Bourdillon research. Another 83 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1413, 1516, 1521, 1526, 1543, 1561, 1750, 1762, 1770, 1824, 1848, 1852, 1861, 1906 and 1910 are included under the topic Early Bourdillon History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Bourdillon Spelling VariationsChanges of spelling have occurred in most surnames. The earliest explanation is that during the early development of the French language, names were not yet fixed in spelling. Usually a person gave his version of his name, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. This depended on accent, and local accents frequently changed the spelling of a name. Some variables were adopted by different branches of the family name. Hence, there are some spelling variations of the name Bourdillon, including Bourdage, Bordage, Bourdages, Bourda, Bourdac, Bourdan, Bourdon, Bourdet, Bourdier, Bourderie, Bourdillot, Bourdillon, Bourdeille, Bourdeau, Bourdeaux, Bourdelle, Bourdette, Bourdarias, Bourdeu, Bourdales and many more. Early Notables of the Bourdillon familyNotable amongst the family name at this time was Gilbert Bourdeaux, a priest in 1750. Pierre-Alpinien-Bertrand Bourdeau was a man of politics who, born in 1770 in Haute-Vienne (Rochechouart), became a lawyer and took part in the first revolutionary movements. Mayor of Lomoges under the Empire, he was elected deputy and was seated among the ultra-royalists. Antoine-François Bourdeau was a man of politics in La Châtre in 1762. Jean Bourdeau, born in Limoges in 1848, was an intellectual whose numerous works can be categorized into three subjects: German questions, philosophical questions, and social questions. Louis Bourdeau was a sociologist...
Another 99 words (7 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Bourdillon Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Bourdillon RankingIn France, the name Bourdillon is the 8,464th most popular surname with an estimated 500 - 1,000 people with that name. 1
| Bourdillon migration to the United States | + |
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 Bourdillon 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 Bourdillon were
Bourdillon Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Benedict Bourdillon, who landed in Baltimore, Maryland in 1739 2
- Benedict B L Bourdillon, who arrived in Baltimore, Maryland in 1792 2
- Lewis Bourdillon, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1794 2
| Contemporary Notables of the name Bourdillon (post 1700) | + |
- James Dewar Bourdillon (1811-1883), Madras civil servant, the second son of the Rev. Thomas Bourdillon, vicar of Fenstanton and Hilton, Huntingdonshire 3
- 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)
- Wikisource contributors. "Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900." Wikisource . Wikisource , 4 Jun. 2018. Web. 5 Feb. 2019
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