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bradshaw Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from any of the places called Bradshaw, for example in Lancashire and West Yorkshire, from Old English brad ‘broad’ + sceaga ‘thicket’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The bradshaw name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the bradshaw family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of bradshaw Families in the US in 1920
Number of bradshaw families
 197-391
 66-196
 1-65
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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