Tuesday, June 25, 2024

The Bunnagar/Bunnager name

My great grandmother, Alice Bunnager, consistently spelled her name with the "er" ending, but most surviving members of the family use the "ar" ending.

I have researched this family back to the mid 1700s and I have found the following spellings:

Bonigar

Bunegar

Bunnegar

Bunnagar

At one point, one son in the family, Thomas, born in 1824, started ending his name with an "l" and the following varients have continued into modern times. These varients include:

Bonnigale

Bonnigal

Bonegal

Bonigal

Although Bunnagar is an unusual name and should be easy to find in a search, the varients do confuse things!