BOERNER
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Name: BOERNER
Gender: Masculine
Location: Unknown Location
Language: German
Thematic: Unknown Thematic
Meaning: topographic name for someone who lived beside a well, from a northern and western term born ‘well’ + the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.
Details: First found in Saxony (Germany), holding many interests as the size of the family grew in proportion to the population explosion of the 16th century. Some of the first settlers of this name or some of its variants were: Adam Born, who arrived in Maryland in 1760, Johann Daniel Born who arrived in Philadelphia in 1803, Ludwig Born and his wife Anna Maria who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1737 and Vallentin Born who settled in Philadelphia in 1750. They were among the many bearers of this name to come to the North American continent.
The coat of Arms is a shield divided per pale, black and gold shield with a red wavy fesse.
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