Bray Family History
Bray Name Meaning
English: habitational name from places in Berkshire and Devon. The
former is probably named with Old French bray ‘marsh’, the
latter from the Cornish element bre ‘hill’.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Bray
Name Distribution of Bray Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bray families
 796 - 1,589  266 - 795 |
 1 - 265  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Bray families
|
18 - 33 7 - 17 |
1 - 6 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Bray census records
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Bray Family Origin
Bray Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Bray Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Bray Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Bray census records
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Military Service by Bray
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