Brigham Family History
Brigham Name Meaning
English: habitational name from either of two places in East
Yorkshire and Cumbria named Brigham, from Old English brycg
‘bridge’ + ham ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed
in by water’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Brigham
Name Distribution of Brigham Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Brigham families
 211 - 420  71 - 210 |
 1 - 70  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Brigham families
|
2 - 1 2 - 1 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Brigham census records
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Brigham Family Origin
Brigham Emigration Information (US)
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Brigham Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Brigham census records
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Military Service by Brigham
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