Le Bourdon family page
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Annie Maud Bourdon
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Origins of surname
Bordon was the French name for a pilgrim's staff, so the name was probably first given to a pilgrim. There are, however, several other explanations for the derivation of the name, which is most common as Bourdon in the French departments bordering the English Channel, including Normandy, where it remains common today.
Anther references suggests that bordon was the name for a cross between a horse and a donkey, and that in this context it was applied to an illegitimate child.
Further, in Normandy the name is said to derive from the old French bordon for a buzzing insect, or for a musical wind instrument in the shape of a serpent which was used in churches to accompany a chant. Perhaps the name was given to someone who played the instrument, or to murmured, making a similar sound to the bordon.
Early records
The family name is on record in Jersey in various spellings from the early 14th through to the mid-16th century. The first baptism record is in St Clement, where the majority of the family lived, in 1624.
Variants
- Le Bourdon, 1381
- Bourdon 1340
- Bordon 1528
- Le Bordon
- Bordoun 1309
Family records
Family trees
Church records
Le Bourdon
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Bourdon
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- Bourdon marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Bourdon burials in Jersey
Family wills
These wills created by members of the Le Bourdon family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page
Bourdon
- Bourdon : Marie , widow of George Payn son of Thomas of St Helier 01/01/1783 Bequeaths to the poor of St Helier, £4 tournois of the order of the King - Unknown date , 31/May/1783 , D/Y/A/13/89
Le Bourdon
- Le Bourdon : Clement , ... - 26/Apr/1666 , 07/Jun/1666 , D/Y/A/1/123
- Le Bourdon : Edouard , of St Helier 25/02/1847 Bequeaths to the poor of St Helier, £5 - Unknown date , 22/Mar/1847 , D/Y/A/26/98
- Le Bourdon : Jean , ... - 16/Dec/1711 , 02/Jul/1719 , D/Y/A/5/34
- Le Bourdon : Mary , of St Helier 19/03/1864 Bequeaths to the French Wesleyan Society for Foreign Missions £10, to the poor of St Helier who are members of the French Wesleyan Society £5, to the Sunday School of the French Wesleyan Society £5 - Unknown date , 29/Feb/1872 , D/Y/A/36/51
- Le Bourdon : Sara , ... - 06/Jan/1731 , 21/Apr/1733 , D/Y/A/6/85
Burial records
Family album
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The church record links above will open in a new tab in your browser and generate the most up-to-date list of each set of records from our database. These lists replace earlier Family page baptism lists, which were not regularly updated. They have the added advantage that they produce a chronological listing for the family name in all parishes, so you do not have to search through A-Z indexes, parish by parish.
We have included some important spelling variants on some family pages, but it may be worth searching for records for a different spelling variant. Think of searching for variants with or without a prefix, such as Le or De. To search for further variants, or for any other family name, just click on the appropriate link below for the first letter of the family name, and a new tab will open, giving you the option to choose baptism, marriage or burial records. You will then see a list of available names for that type of record and you can select any name from that list. That will display all records of the chosen type for that family name, and you can narrow the search by adding a given name, selecting a parish or setting start and end dates in the form you will see above. You can also change the family name, or search for a partial name if you are not certain of the spelling
The records are displayed 30 to a page, but by selecting the yellow Wiki Table option at the top left of the page you can open a full, scrollable list. This list will either be displayed in a new tab or a pop-up window. You may have to edit the settings of your browser to allow pop-up windows for www.jerripediabmd.net. For the small number of family names for which a search generates more than 1,500 records you will have to refine your search (perhaps using start or end dates) to reduce the number of records found.
New records
Starting in August 2020 we are adding several thousand new records from the registers of Roman Catholic, Methodist and other non-conformist churches. These will appear in date order within a general search of the records and are also individually searchable within the database search form
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