I have traced our family line back to Nicolas Bonin, son of Louis Bonin from Ile de Rhe Larochelle France, and am wondering where I might find more information regarding this line.
It has been said that the Bonins originate in Germany as Von Bonin. Should you have ay information, please contact me.

Thanking you in advance,
Cynthia Bonin

Cynthia, I have been able to trace my family this far back as well, but cannot get any farther. Have you had any luck since you posted this query?

Kristie

Hello Cynthia.

Guess that we were able to go two steps higher than the Nicolas Bonin dit StMartinn.

His father was Louis, and his grandfather was Nicolas.

you ca verify our findings on our web page. Should you have any other information, we sure would appreciate.

http://sites.rapidus.net/jeanboni/Nosance.htm

Have a super day

Gerry

I finally made some progress on my BONIN line only to find that I have the BONIN line running through my family twice and I am not sure if they are seperate families or the same.

My grandmother was Lillian BONIN Doyle. Her father's parents were Antoine BONIN (b 1828 Ste-Elizabeth, Canada) and Julie Carriere (b.1829 Montreal, Quebec, Canada).

I trace Antoine Bonin's father side (Antoine-Nicolas BONIN b. 06 Dec 1794) back to Nicolas BONIN dit Ste-Marie and Marie Francoise Houde dit Houle in the mid 1700.

I then find out that Antoine Bonin's mother (Marie Elisabeth Dalcour b.19 Apr 1797 St-Cuthbert, Quebec, Canada) who was married to Antoine-Nicolas BONIN (m. 11 May 1818 Sainte-Elisabeth, Sainte-Elisabeth, Quebec, Canada) has the BONIN family in her line. Her parents were Ignace Dalcourt & Marie Anne Frappier dit Sthilaire. Ignace Dalcourt parents were Jean Baptiste Guignard dit Dalcour and Marie Josephe Bonnin (b. 05 Sep 1720 Contrecoeur, Quebec, Canada). This line goes back to the Nicolas BONIN dit Ste-Marie & Marie Esmery (m. 19 Nov 1684). This is the Nicolas that you speak of in your emails who is a soldier. I then go back on this line to Nicolas dit l'Aîné BONIN married to Anne Buchard (m. Abt. 1620 La Couarde-sur-Mer, Notre-Dame-des-Bonnes-Nouvelles, France)

Do you have any of these lines in your research?

Judy Doyle Turner