Brassard Family History
- Brassard Name Meaning
- from a derivative of Old French braz ‘arm’, possibly applied as a nickname for someone of exceptional strength or a pugilist. metonymic occupational name for an armorer, from brassard ‘armor for the arm’. occupational name for a brewer, from a derivative of brasser ‘to brew (beer)’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 99,132 Historical Documents with Brassard on Ancestry
- 30,095 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 25,805 Census and Voter Lists
- 2,204 Military Records
- 1,381 Immigration Records
- 39,647 Member Trees
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Number of Brassard families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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