Brewer Family History
Brewer Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a brewer of beer or ale, from an
agent derivative of Old English breowan ‘to brew’. Compare
Brewster.English (of Norman origin): anglicized
form of French Bruyère (see Bruyere), habitational
name from a place so called in Calvados, France.Translation of
Dutch Brouwer, German Brauer or Breuer, etc., all
occupational names meaning ‘brewer’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Brewer
Name Distribution of Brewer Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Brewer families
 598 - 1,193  200 - 597 |
 1 - 199  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Brewer families
|
15 - 28 6 - 14 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Brewer census records
You can see how Brewer 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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Brewer Family Origin
Brewer Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Brewer families immigrated
to the United States.
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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
Brewer Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Brewer families immigrated
to Australia.
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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 Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Brewer Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Brewer census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Brewer ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Brewer
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