Braaten Family History
- Braaten Name Meaning
- Norwegian: habitational name from Bråten, a common farm name in southeastern Norway, derived from Old Norse broti ‘land cleared for cultivation by burning’. Dutch: perhaps a nickname for a trickster, from a derivative of Old French barat, Middle Dutch baraet, beraet ‘deceit’, ‘ruse’, ‘tumult’. Compare Bradt.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 49,188 Historical Documents with Braaten on Ancestry
- 21,724 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 7,457 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,487 Military Records
- 2,479 Immigration Records
- 16,041 Member Trees
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Number of Braaten families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Braaten families
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3 - 3 2 - 2 |
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Braaten census records
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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