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Bernard / Jacobi Family Name

Last updated Dec-2008
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Probable Origins & Usage

  • Perhaps Missisquoi [Day]
  • Maliseet per Ne-Do-Ba research
  • a French name
  • Bernard & Jacobi found as family names and personal names

Spellings & Alternate Names

  • Belnel - the Abenaki form of the name
  • Abernard
  • Benard
  • Barnard
  • Jacobe

Earliest Occurrences of the Name

  • 1765 Francois and Magdelaine Abernard signed the Robertson lease of Missisquoi land.

Places Family is Found

  • Odanak
  • Bécancour
  • Missisquoi
  • New Brunswick
  • Penobscot
  • Trois Rivières
  • Viger

Notes

The majority of Natives using the Bernard family name appear among the Algonquin, Maliseet, Mi'kmaq, and Penobscot. The Jacobi family name is used by descendants of Jacobi Bernard.

Biographies, Photos, Artifacts, Genealogies, etc.

  • unknown or not yet researched
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