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bridge Name Meaning and History

English: from Middle English brigge ‘bridge’, Old English brycg, applied as a topographic name for someone who lived near a bridge, a metonymic occupational name for a bridge keeper, or a habitational name from any of the places named with this element, as for example Bridge in Kent or Bridge Sollers in Herefordshire. Building and maintaining bridges was one of the three main feudal obligations, along with bearing arms and maintaining fortifications. The cost of building a bridge was often defrayed by charging a toll, the surname thus being acquired by the toll gatherer.

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

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

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Distribution of bridge Families in the US in 1920
Number of bridge families
 71-140
 24-70		 1-23
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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