The brach Surname
brach Name Meaning and History
- German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): topographic name from Middle High German brache ‘fallow land’, ‘pastureland’, originally ‘newly plowed land’.
- Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Barach.
- English: topographic name from Middle English breche, Old English br?c ‘newly cultivated land’ (a derivative of brecan ‘to break’, i.e. ‘land broken by the plow’), or a habitational name from any of the places named with this element, as for example Brache in Luton, Bedfordshire, and Breach in Maulden, Bedfordshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| BRACHE/ADOLPH of South Africa |
 rosemarycullen1
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| Brach |
billbrockus
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| CASPER PROUGH & FAMILY | Rosalie Lucas Hartinger | 4 |
| Wilhelm Brach Confirmation Certificate |
copius1hit
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billbrock2
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| West Prussia Brachs |
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| Ernestine Wilhelmine Brach | Sandra Wellman | 0 |
| Barney Wilson Brach m. Nannileen Mae Royal (b.1919) - Georgia |
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| fredericka | Kris | 0 |
| Brach | Lydia Harris | 2 |
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