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briar Name Meaning and History

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

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

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

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

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BRIAR, SARAH...1844 OF DEWSBURY 123hemsworth 0
Pediford Evette Pediford 0
Johnny Briar Madeline Pediford 0
Briar and Stanley jimmy melton 0
Amanda Briar Full / Emma Carr / J.S. Full teriannharrison 0
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