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Some of the Barnard family are believed to have been Huguenots (members of Protestant Reformed Church of France) who fled from the Atlantic coast region of FranceFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
to England
England
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, Ireland
Ireland
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, Holland and the New World
New World
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circa 1685 (the time of the revocation of the edict of Nantes
Edict of Nantes
The Edict of Nantes, issued on 13 April 1598, by Henry IV of France, granted the Calvinist Protestants of France substantial rights in a nation still considered essentially Catholic. In the Edict, Henry aimed primarily to promote civil unity...
) or earlier than that date. See,. The Barnard family in Holland can be traced back to circa 1751 (Izaak Barnard) of Scheveningen, however, the countries from which they entered Holland prior to that date are uncertain . The Jewish branch of the Barnard family in England, is thought to have arrived in England and Ireland after the time of the readmission of Jews
Jews
The Jews , also known as the Jewish people, are a nation and ethnoreligious group originating in the Israelites or Hebrews of the Ancient Near East. The Jewish ethnicity, nationality, and religion are strongly interrelated, as Judaism is the traditional faith of the Jewish nation...
by Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader who overthrew the English monarchy and temporarily turned England into a republican Commonwealth, and served as Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland....
(1656); some of whom can be traced back to Rabbi
Rabbi
In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah...
Daniel Barnard of Canterbury
Canterbury
Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....
, with notable descendants around London
London
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, Chatham, Dartford
Dartford
Dartford is the principal town in the borough of Dartford. It is situated in the northwest corner of Kent, England, east south-east of central London....
, Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull
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, Stockton-on-Tees
Stockton-on-Tees
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, Bournemouth
Bournemouth
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, Ipswich
Ipswich
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, Norwich
Norwich
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and in Australia
Australia
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.
Surname
An English or Dutch version of Bernard, from the Germanic name Bernhard, composed of the elements ber(n) ‘bear’ + hard ‘brave’, ‘hardy’, ‘strong’ . The name is a held by Hebrew scholars to be a symbolic representation (or KinnuiKinnui
KinnuiMany Jewish men and women have two names, a religious name and a secular name, called the "kinnui" or "kinui" ....
) for the Israelite tribe of Issachar
Tribe of Issachar
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Issachar was one of the Tribes of Israel.Following the completion of the conquest of Canaan by the Israelite tribes after about 1200 BCE, Joshua allocated the land among the twelve tribes...
. One of the sons of Jacob
Jacob
Jacob "heel" or "leg-puller"), also later known as Israel , as described in the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the New Testament and the Qur'an was the third patriarch of the Hebrew people with whom God made a covenant, and ancestor of the tribes of Israel, which were named after his descendants.In the...
, Issachar
Issachar
Issachar/Yissachar was, according to the Book of Genesis, a son of Jacob and Leah , and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Issachar; however some Biblical scholars view this as postdiction, an eponymous metaphor providing an aetiology of the connectedness of the tribe to others in the Israelite...
, was compared to a donkey, so one would expect to find the donkey as a Kinnui
Kinnui
KinnuiMany Jewish men and women have two names, a religious name and a secular name, called the "kinnui" or "kinui" ....
of Issachar. However, the donkey
Donkey
The donkey or ass, Equus africanus asinus, is a domesticated member of the Equidae or horse family. The wild ancestor of the donkey is the African Wild Ass, E...
, not considered to be very auspicious, was replaced by a bear
Bear
Bears are mammals of the family Ursidae. Bears are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans, with the pinnipeds being their closest living relatives. Although there are only eight living species of bear, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Northern...
; Dov in Hebrew, Bär or Baer in German. The corresponding family names are BAER, BER, BERR, BEHR, BERNHARDT, BERNARD (in France), Anglicised and also found in Holland as BARNARD.
- Alfred BarnardAlfred BarnardAlfred Barnard was a British brewing and distilling historian.-Life and work:According to the limited family records available, Barnard was born in 1837 into a Baptist family in Thaxted, a rural village in Essex, England. His was one of eight children. His father was a draper and grocer.In 1859,...
(1837–1918), a British brewing and distilling historian - Andrew Francis Barnard (1773–1855), an Irish-born, British Army General
- Lady Anne BarnardLady Anne BarnardLady Anne Barnard , née Anne Lindsay, eldest daughter of James Lindsay, 5th Earl of Balcarres was born at Balcarres House, Fife, Scotland. She was author of the ballad Auld Robin Gray and an accomplished travel writer, artist and socialite of the period...
(1750–1825), a British author of the ballad Auld Robin Gray" - Baron BarnardBaron BarnardBaron Barnard, of Barnard Castle in the Bishopric of Durham, is a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1698 for Sir Christopher Vane, who had previously served as a Member of Parliament for County Durham and Boroughbridge. Vane was the son of Sir Henry Vane the Younger and grandson of...
, of Barnard Castle in the Bishoprick of Durham, a title created in 1698 in the Peerage of England - Bill BarnardBill BarnardWilliam Edward Barnard CBE was a New Zealand politician. He was a member of Parliament from 1928 until 1943, and was its Speaker from 1936 till 1943. He was known for his association with John A. Lee, a prominent left-wing politician.-Early life:Barnard was born in Carterton, a town in the...
(1886–1958), a New Zealand politician - Cecil Barnard, the youth name of Hotep Idris GaletaHotep Idris GaletaHotep Idris Galeta was a South African jazz pianist and educator. His legal name at birth was Cecil Galeta, but according to local custom he was more commonly known as a child and young man as Cecil Barnard, his father's first name being used instead of a last name.In his teens he played with...
(born 1941), a South African jazz pianist and educator - Chester BarnardChester BarnardChester Irving Barnard was an American business executive, public administrator, and the author of pioneering work in management theory and organizational studies. His landmark 1938 book, Functions of the Executive, sets out a theory of organization and of the functions of executives in...
(1886–1961), a telecommunications executive and author - Christiaan BarnardChristiaan BarnardChristiaan Neethling Barnard was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first successful human-to-human heart transplant.- Early life :...
(1922–2001), a South African surgeon, who performed the world's first heart transplant operation - Claude BarnardClaude BarnardHerbert Claude Barnard was an Australian politician and government minister.Barnard was born at Mole Creek, Tasmania and was educated at Invermay State School, but left school at 14. In 1909 he began working for Tasmanian Government Railways, first as an engine cleaner and eventually as a driver...
(1890–1957), an Australian politician - Daniel D. BarnardDaniel D. BarnardDaniel Dewey Barnard was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Sheffield, Massachusetts, Barnard attended the common schools and was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1818.He studied law....
(1797–1861), U.S. Representative from New York - Edward Emerson Barnard (1857–1923), an American astronomer for whom Barnard's StarBarnard's starBarnard's Star, also known occasionally as Barnard's "Runaway" Star, is a very low-mass red dwarf star approximately six light-years away from Earth in the constellation of Ophiuchus . In 1916, the American astronomer E.E...
is named - Ernest BarnardErnest BarnardErnest Sargent Barnard was the second President of the American League, serving from 1927 until his death in 1931. Born in West Columbia, West Virginia, he later resided in Delaware, Ohio. He graduated from Otterbein College in 1895, and became football and baseball coach there until 1898...
, a President of Major League Baseball's American League, 1927–1931 - Francis Jones BarnardFrancis Jones BarnardFrancis Jones Barnard , often known as Frank Barnard Sr., was a prominent British Columbia businessman and Member of Parliament in Canada from 1879 to 1887....
, aka Frank Barnard Sr., a pioneer freighting entrepreneur and Member of Parliament in Canada from 1879 to 1887 - Francis Stillman BarnardFrancis Stillman BarnardSir Francis Stillman Barnard, KCMG was a Canadian parliamentarian and the tenth Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia...
, aka Frank Barnard Jr., a Member of Parliament in Canada from 1888 to 1892, and Lieutenant-Governor from 1914 to 1919 - Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard (1809–1889), an American scientist and educationalist
- George Grey BarnardGeorge Grey Barnard'George Grey Barnard was an American sculptor, "an excellent American sculptor", the French art dealer René Gimpel reported in his diary , "very much engrossed in carving himself a fortune out of the trade in works of art." His lasting monument, rather than any sculpture of his own, is the...
(1863–1938), an American sculptor - George N. Barnard, an American Civil War photographer
- Henry BarnardHenry BarnardHenry Barnard was an American educationalist and reformer.-Biography:...
(1811–1900), an American educationalist - Izak BarnardIzak BarnardIzak Barnard is a well-known Southern African safari guide, photographer, writer, son of the notorious outlaw hunter Bvekenya, also related to the famous heart transplant surgeon Christiaan Barnard...
(born 1933), a Southern African safari guide, photographer and writer - John BarnardJohn BarnardJohn Barnard is a race car designer and is currently working alongside Terence Woodgate designing high specification carbon fibre furniture....
(born 1946), a British race car designer - John Barnard (musician) (born 1948), a British church music composer, conductor and organist
- John G. BarnardJohn G. BarnardJohn Gross Barnard was a career engineering officer in the U.S. Army, serving in the Mexican-American War, as the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy and as a general in the Union Army during the American Civil War...
(1815 – 1882), a US Army general during the American Civil War and Chief Engineer of the Defenses of Washington (1863–1864) - Joseph Osmond BarnardJoseph Osmond BarnardJoseph Osmond Barnard was born in Portsmouth, England. He was a miniature painter and engraver who engraved the rare Mauritius "Post Office" stamps. He died in Mauritius on 30 May 1865.-References:...
(1816–1865), the engraver of the Mauritius "Post Office" stamps - Kate BarnardKate BarnardCatherine Ann "Kate" Barnard was the first woman to be elected as a state official in Oklahoma, and the United States in 1907...
(1875–1930), an American politician - Lance BarnardLance BarnardLance Herbert Barnard AO , Australian politician, was Deputy Prime Minister of Australia for most of the Labor government of Gough Whitlam....
(1919–1997), an Australian politician - Lee BarnardLee BarnardLee James Barnard is an English footballer currently playing for Southampton.Born in Romford, London Borough of Havering in 1984, he attended Billericay's Mayflower County High School.-Playing career:...
(born 1984), an English footballer - Leigh BarnardLeigh BarnardLeigh Kenneth Barnard is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.He joined Portsmouth as an apprentice in 1977 and appeared in 79 games for the club before falling out of favour in 1982 and being loaned out to Peterborough United.He was given a free transfer to Swindon Town at...
(born 1958), an English footballer - Marius Barnard (surgeon), a South African surgeon, brother of Christiaan Barnard and inventor of critical illness insurance.
- Marius Barnard (tennis)Marius Barnard (tennis)Marius Barnard is a retired South African professional tennis player, who primarily played in doubles matches.Barnard was born in Cape Town, South Africa.-External links:*...
, a South African professional tennis player. - Mary BarnardMary BarnardMary Ethel Barnard was an American poet, biographer and Greek-to-English translator. She is known for her clear interpretation of the works of Sappho, a translation which has never gone out of print....
(1909–2002), an American poet and translator - Neal D. BarnardNeal D. BarnardNeal D. Barnard is an American physician, author, clinical researcher, and founding president of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine , an international network of physicians, scientists, and laypeople who promote preventive medicine, conduct clinical research, and promote higher...
, an American medical doctor, author and clinical researcher - Pat BarnardPat BarnardPat Barnard is an English-qualified rugby union player for CA Brive in the Top 14.Pat Barnard's position of choice is as a prop....
(born 1981), an Anglo-African rugby union player - Robert BarnardRobert BarnardRobert Barnard is an English crime writer, critic and lecturer.- Life and work :Born in Essex, Barnard was educated at the Colchester Royal Grammar School and at Balliol College in Oxford....
(born 1936), English mystery writer and critic - Thomas Barnard, Bishop of Limerick
- Tom BarnardTom BarnardThomas 'Tom' Barnard is an American talk radio host and former voice-over talent. He is currently the host of The KQ92 Morning Show broadcast in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.-Personal:...
, an American radio talk show host - William Barnard (bishop)William Barnard (bishop)William Barnard was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Derry from 1747 until his death.Barnard was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1721. He became vicar of St. Bride's, Fleet Street in 1729, and prebendary of Westminster in 1732...
, Bishop of Derry 1803-1831 - William Barnard (engraver)William Barnard (engraver)William Barnard , mezzotint engraver; for some years keeper of British Institution. ,-Reference:DNB...
- William O. BarnardWilliam O. BarnardWilliam Oscar Barnard was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.Born near Liberty, Indiana, Barnard moved with his parents to Dublin, Indiana, in 1854, to Fayette County in 1856, and to Henry County in 1866....
,(1852–1939) was a representative in U.S. Congress from Indiana
Given name
- Bernard CourtoisBernard CourtoisBernard Courtois, also spelled Barnard Courtois, was a French chemist born in Dijon, France.- Early life :...
(also spelled Barnard Courtois), (1777 – 1838), a French chemist - Barnard E. Bee, Sr.Barnard E. Bee, Sr.Barnard Elliot Bee, Sr. was an early settler and political leader in the Republic of Texas.Barnard Bee was born in Charleston, South Carolina, the son of Thomas Bee who was a delegate to the Continental Congress. He studied law, and served on the staff of his brother-in-law, governor James...
(1787 – 1853), an early settler and political leader in the Republic of Texas - Barnard Elliott Bee, Jr.Barnard Elliott Bee, Jr.Barnard Elliott Bee Jr. was a career United States Army officer and a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War. He was mortally wounded at the First Battle of Bull Run, one of the first general officers to be killed in the war. During that battle, he was responsible for the...
(1824 – 1861), a Confederate Army general during the American Civil War
See also
- Barney (disambiguation)
- Bernard (disambiguation)Bernard (disambiguation)- People :* Bernard , 13th century Catholic bishop* Bernard * Bernard - People :* Bernard (bishop of Carlisle) (died 1214), 13th century Catholic bishop* Bernard (Bishop of Gaeta) (died 1047)* Bernard (son of Charles the Fat) - People :* Bernard (bishop of Carlisle) (died 1214), 13th century...
- Bernhard (disambiguation)Bernhard (disambiguation)- Places :* Sankt Bernhard-Frauenhofen, an Austrian town* Sankt Bernhard, Thuringia, a municipality in Thuringia, Germany- Other :* Operation Bernhard, a German World War II plot to destabilise the British economy by flooding the country with forged money...