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brus Name Meaning and History

  1. Polish, Slovenian, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): from Slavic brus ‘whetstone’, presumably a metonymic occupational name for someone who honed or sharpened blades; possibly also a nickname for a clumsy or coarse fellow.
  2. Slovenian: from an old dialect short form of the personal name Ambrož (see Ambrose).
  3. French: topographic name for someone living on a heath, from Occitan brusc ‘heather’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of brus Families in the US in 1920
Number of brus families
 12-22
 5-11		 1-4
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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BRUS /BRUCE family genealogy search bubbastree 1
Henry VIDAL - Jeanne BRUS marriage - 20 December 1899 - Kansas City, MO JohnWOBrien 0
Gerrigje "Gerry" Brus Lorie 0
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