Brenner Family History
Brenner Name Meaning
German: from an agent derivative of Middle High German
brennen ‘to burn’, in various applications. Often it is an
occupational name for a distiller of spirits; it may also refer to a
charcoal or lime burner or to someone who cleared forests by
burning.Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a distiller,
from German Brenner, literally ‘burner’ (see 1).English: metathesized variant of Berner 2 and 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Brenner
Name Distribution of Brenner Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Brenner families
 255 - 507  86 - 254 |
 1 - 85  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Brenner families
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34 - 65 12 - 33 |
1 - 11 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Brenner families
|
7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Brenner Family Origin
Brenner Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Brenner
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Brenner Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Brenner census records
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