The brownfield Surname

brownfield Name Meaning and History

Jewish (American): Americanized form of an ornamental compound, Braunfeld, from German braun ‘brown’ + Feld ‘field’.
English: variant of Broomfield.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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brownfield Family Facts

Distribution of brownfield Families in the US in 1920

Number of brownfield families

41-80

14-40

1-13

Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 106 - Messages: 354

Thread	Author	Replies
FYI Stella Brownfield, mother of Hazel Brownfield of Arkansas	Rita	5
Brownfield Family	Judy_Loftin	14
brownfields	evelynweaver51	5
Brownfield of ILL	raggyroo	12
hunting for Brownfields	shawnbrownfield	0
Brownfield's of Newark and Jacksontown OH	chersoh	0
Brownfield Family of Scotland, Ulster or England	pc_witt	1
Scotish Brownfield Family	pc_witt	0
Robert Brownfield of PA	mvittone	9
Jasper P. Brownfield	Dorothy Bittmann	16

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