The bronte Surname
bronte Name Meaning and History
Altered form of Irish Prunty. The change in spelling was
probably an early 19th-century development, due to romantic admiration
for the English admiral Lord Nelson, on whom the title Duke of Bronte
was conferred in 1799 by Ferdinand, King of the Two Sicilies. Bronte
is the name of a place in Sicily, literally meaning ‘thunder’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 12 - Messages: 14
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| William John Bronte born before 1880 |
 MaxineTapper51
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| Bronte |
David Millan
| 0 |
| Emily Jane Bronte who married William Johnston Reynalds |
David Millan
| 0 |
| Emily/Anne Bronte - photographs?? Other Bronte queries... | Robert Bell | 2 |
| Famous Bronte family (i.e Emily, Charlotte & Anne) |
rbell35
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| Emory Bronte obituary, Tampa FL 1982 |
MaryH5577
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| Heslip/Bingham/Bronte/Lennox | David | 0 |
| Bronte genealogy | David M Millan | 0 |
| Bronte - Brunty | David Millan | 0 |
| Lydia Bronte |
GBLANE
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