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briar Name Meaning and History

Scottish and northern Irish: reduced form of McBriar (see McBrayer).

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Distribution of briar Families in the US in 1920
Number of briar families
 7-12
 3-6
 1-2
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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BRIAR, SARAH...1844 OF DEWSBURY 123hemsworth 0
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