Breton Family History
Breton Name Meaning
French and English: ethnic name for a Breton, from Old French
bret (oblique case breton) (see Brett).
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Breton
Name Distribution of Breton Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Breton families
 46 - 90  16 - 45 |
 1 - 15  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Breton families
|
6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Breton census records
You can see how Breton families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
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Breton Family Origin
Breton Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Breton families immigrated
to the United States.
You can focus your search to emigration records dating from that era.
Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Breton Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Breton census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Breton ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Breton
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