Bross Family History
Bross Name Meaning
German: from a reduced form of the Latin personal name
Ambrosius (see Ambrose).German: from Middle High
German brossen ‘to sprout or bud’, hence an affectionate
nickname for a young son. Compare Brotz.Eastern German:
from the Slavic personal name Prus, related to German
Preusse ‘Prussian’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Bross Families
MAP:
United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bross families
 39 - 76  14 - 38 |
 1 - 13  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Bross families
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7 - 11 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bross families
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4 - 6 2 - 3 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Bross census records
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Bross Family Origin
Bross Immigration Information
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Average Life Expectancy for Bross
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
Bross Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
Bross census records
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Bross Civil War Service Records
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