Brighton Family History
Brighton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Breighton in East Yorkshire, on the
river Derwent. This place is named with Old English beorht
‘bright’ or an unattested personal name Beohta + tun
‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. The surname is unlikely to derive from
Brighton in Sussex, which was known as Brighthelmestone until
the end of the 18th century.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Brighton
Name Distribution of Brighton Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Brighton families
 157 - 312  53 - 156 |
 1 - 52  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Brighton families
|
11 - 20 4 - 10 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Brighton census records
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Brighton Family Origin
Brighton Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Brighton Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Brighton Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Brighton census records
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Military Service by Brighton
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