Bruton Family History
Bruton Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Somerset named Bruton,
‘settlement (Old English tun) on the Brue river’. The
river name is derived from a British element cognate with Welsh
bryw ‘brisk’, ‘vigorous’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Bruton
Name Distribution of Bruton Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bruton families
 122 - 241  41 - 121 |
 1 - 40  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Bruton census records
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Bruton Family Origin
Bruton Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Bruton Emigration Information (AU)
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Bruton Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Bruton
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