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brecht Name Meaning and History

South German: from a short form of any of various personal names formed with Germanic berht ‘bright’, ‘famous’ as the second element, for example Albrecht, Ruprecht.

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The brecht name in History

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

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Distribution of brecht Families in the US in 1920
Number of brecht families
 38-74
 13-37		 1-12
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 49 - Messages: 163
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BRECHT, FAMILY OF MAX AND MARY glperna 0
Henrietta Brecht gwhitman9535 0
Brecht Gravestones in Norway, Iowa LanicaK 1
Heinrich Brecht, b. 1800 in PA albert1705 4
Brecht Naturalization Dates, 1735 through 1759 judyw0113 0
Henry Bright Kate Evans 1
Lester BRECHT Jennifer Sweeney 1
Brecht WGF 0
Mary Magdalena Brecht-Jacob Baker/PA RhondaWhetstoneNeibauer 6
Wm. Brecht born in Radan/Prussia hopfleet 0
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