The brosnahan Surname

brosnahan Name Meaning and History

Irish: variant of Bresnahan.

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The brosnahan name in History

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

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Name Distribution (US)Name Distribution (UK)Name Distribution (Scotland)Place of Origin Immigration Year Ports of Departure Life Expectancy Occupations Civil War Service

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Distribution of brosnahan Families in the US in 1920

Number of brosnahan families

22-42

8-21

1-7

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Thread	Author	Replies
searching for Brosnahan relatives (NZ)	socialcavity19	0
BROSNAHAN Thomas ( 1842) found MA	nsull7	1
TIMOTHY BROSNAHAN of Washington, DC	franniedavis	0
witness's and godparents from county kerry	michele	0
kerry ireland	michele	0
Margaret Brosnahan/Brosnan	rand3031	2
Mary Currane, formerly Brosnahan	davidwall161	0
Brosnahans in Nevada and Mt	Janis Fulmer	0
Thomas Brosnhanan b. 1916-Cambridge Mass.	nsull7	0
Irene J. Brosnahan b. 1911- Arlington, Mass.	nsull7	0

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