Brewster Family History
Brewster Name Meaning
Northern English and Scottish: occupational name for a brewer of
beer or ale, from Old English breowan ‘to brew’.
Brewer is the usual term in southern England, while
Brewster is mainly midland, northern, and Scottish.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Brewster
Name Distribution of Brewster Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Brewster families
 242 - 481  81 - 241 |
 1 - 80  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Brewster families
|
35 - 67 12 - 34 |
1 - 11 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Brewster census records
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Brewster Family Origin
Brewster Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Brewster 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
Brewster Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Brewster 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
Brewster Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Brewster census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Brewster ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Brewster
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