Yes, she was from Normandy. A lot of history in her family.
Bordette/Bourdette..
That was supposed to be my ancestors spellings.
In England it was Burdet, then got changed to Burdick, which it is now here.
They were Barons. People think of Barons as wealthy nobility. Fact is, all a lot of them were simple freehold landowners owning small parcels of land and a few acres of farmland.
Thats why in 17th century a lot were forced out of England to here. The pie is only so large and the pieces got so small somebody had to go.