Brace Family History
- Brace Name Meaning
- English: probably from Middle English, Old French brace ‘arm’, also denoting a piece of armor covering the arm. In most cases it is probably a metonymic occupational name for a maker or seller of armor, specifically armor designed to protect the upper arms, but it could also have been a nickname for someone with strong arms (compare Armstrong) or a deformed or otherwise noticeable arm.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 370,787 Historical Documents with Brace on Ancestry
- 99,178 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 75,611 Census and Voter Lists
- 8,507 Military Records
- 5,797 Immigration Records
- 181,694 Member Trees
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Number of Brace families
 137 - 271  46 - 136 |
 1 - 45  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Brace families
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16 - 30 6 - 15 |
1 - 5 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Brace census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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