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brothers Name Meaning and History

  1. Irish: Anglicization of Irish Ó Bruadair, an ancient Donegal sept name: it has also been derived, probably wrongly, from Gaelic bruadar ‘dream’, ‘reverie’.
  2. In New England, an Americanized form of French Brodeur.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of brothers Families in the US in 1920
Number of brothers families
 78-154
 27-77		 1-26
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Need help with Brothers family research emme1952 0
BROTHERS Connie 1937 1983 Mother t42Summers_WashCoAR 0
BROTHERS Michael Anthony 1956 1985 t42Summers_WashCoAR 0
Brothers Family from Co Wexford, Ireland ljbrothers6 3
Dad's School Pictures, Tar Hill, Bladen Co, NC rosesuggs 1
NC, SC Brothers; Susanna Brothers marshall harper 8
Orange Co. IN,1830 Pike Co. IL. 1850 DoAnd-C 2
Anne Brothers outofthebox11 0
John B. Brothers mallman2169 0
BROTHERS Mannassah 1863 1949 t42Annetta_ParCoTX 0
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