Brimley Family History
Brimley Name Meaning
English: habitational name, perhaps from Brimley in Devon or
Brimbley in Stoke Abbott, Dorset, both named with Old English
brom ‘broom’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’. adm.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Brimley
Name Distribution of Brimley Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Brimley families
 5 - 7  2 - 4 |
 1  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Brimley families
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32 - 62 11 - 31 |
1 - 10 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Brimley census records
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Brimley Family Origin
Brimley Immigration Information
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Average Life Expectancy for Brimley
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Brimley Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Brimley census records
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Brimley Civil War Service Records
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