Brush Family History
Brush Name Meaning
English: of uncertain origin. It may be a nickname for someone
thought to resemble a brush (Middle English brusche, from Old
French brosse), or a metonymic occupational name for a brush
maker. It could also be from a related word, brusche ‘cut
wood’, ‘branches lopped off trees’ (Old French brousse),
applied as a metonymic occupational name for a forester or woodcutter,
or a topographic name for someone who lived in a scrubby area of
country, from Old French broce ‘brushwood’, ‘scrub’, ‘thicket’
(Late Latin bruscia).Respelling of German Brusch or
Brüsch, a topographic name from the field name Brüsch
(Middle High German brüsch ‘heather’, ‘broom’ or ‘brush’).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Brush
Name Distribution of Brush Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Brush families
 29 - 55  10 - 28 |
 1 - 9  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Brush families
|
3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Brush census records
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Brush Family Origin
Brush Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Brush Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Brush census records
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