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Re: Orgin of Burdette
Posted by: Jo-Elle Perkins	Date: September 10, 1998 at 02:38:01
In Reply to: Orgin of Burdette by Paul C. Burdette	of 1066

I have several possible origins for the surname Burdette. 1) It may be a variant on the Old French name Burdeau which might be derived from the Old French word "burdure" meaning "tournament" (denoting a knight) or possibly from an Old French word (unknown) meaning "mule" which could refer to a very determined person; 2) It may be a patronymic surname which derived from the first name of the father of the family. It could have originated from either Bourdet or Burdo (Old German); 3) May also derive from a place name, in this case the Old French "bourdet" which means "small farm". The Burdette name probably came to England during the Norman invasion. The earliest known reference to the surname is found in the Domesday Book in Leicester, England in 1066: "Robert Burdet's wife holds 2 carucates of land in Ratcliffe (-on-the-Wreak) from Robert...Hugh Burdet holds 2,5 carucates of land in Lubenham."

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