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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • French : from the medieval personal name Bonellus.
  • A Bonneau from the Poitou region of France is documented in Ste Famille, Quebec, in 1670, with the secondary surname La Bécasse; the secondary surname Lajeunesse is also recorded.

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