Jacqui: You bring up an interesting twist on my family, the Bravards. Though noone has been able to prove this theory to my knowledge, there are some researchers here in the States who believe that our last name was originally Beauverd or Beauvert and fled France for England due to religious persecution around 1700 give or take a couple of decades. A Scottish relative set them up in a colony in Northern Ireland. In Ireland, the name was Anglicized to something like Bevard/Bovaird or the like. Subsequent family members or descendants then emigrated to the States where the name changed again to Bevard/Bravard/Brevard/Bovaird etc. Again, this is a theory that I have not seen proven yet. For what it is worth, my ancestor, Jean Brevard/Bravard emigrated from somewhere in Europe about 1700. There might be some credence to your thoery that your Bouviers might have come from France originally. Interestingly, I had a Scottish woman I used to work with who remembers having a neighbor as a child whose name was Bravard! Dan Bravard II Columbus, Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: "jacqui cock" <jacquicock@optusnet.com.au> To: <HUGUENOTS-WALLOONS-EUROPE-D@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 5:16 PM Subject: Bouvier's of London NOT AMERICA > Hi Everyone > > I have a Samuel BOUVIER b. c1750 he also had a sister Elizabeth BOUVIER & possibly a brother Peter & Geroge. > > All these people lived in London in the 1700 & 1800's. I can't find a birth for any of them so I'm thinking that the migrated to England. Samuel Bouvier was married in 1775 in Bethnal Green died in 1831 a very wealthy silk weaver. > > My Bouvier's have nothing to do with Jacqueline Bouvier/Kennedy before anyone mentions anything. I am not interested in the Bouvier's in America, it's England I want & something on migration from France or where ever they came from at that time. > > Regards > > Jacqui > > ______________________________