Bruch History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Scotland

The noble Viking settlers who came to the rocky shores of Scotland in the Middle Ages brought with them the ancestors of the Bruch family. They lived in the places named Overbrough and Netherbrough in Harray, in the Orkney Islands. It is believed that the origins of the Bruch name are Norse, but it is not known if the place or personal name came first.

Early Origins of the Bruch family

The surname Bruch was first found in the Orkneys, where they held a family seat from very ancient times.

Early History of the Bruch family

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Bruch Spelling Variations

Scottish names from the Middle Ages vary enormously in their spellings. This is a result of the fact that there were no universal standards like dictionaries for scribes to judge by. The recorded spelling variations of the name Bruch include Brough, Burgh, Brugh, Broughe, Burghe, Brughe, Bruche and many more.

Early Notables of the Bruch family

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Bruch Ranking

In the United States, the name Bruch is the 15,901^st most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 1

Bruch migration to the United States +

Settlers found farms all along the eastern part of what would become the United States and Canada. They provided a base and a backbone that would strengthen two great nations in the making. In the 20th century, the ancestors of those brave Scots have rediscovered their heritage through highland games and Scottish historical societies. Early North American immigration records have revealed a number of people bearing the Scottish name Bruch or a variant listed above, including:

Bruch Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

John Bruch, who arrived in Virginia in 1663 2

Bruch Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

Hans Henrig Bruch who, accompanied by his wife and four children, who arrived in New York state in 1709
Hans Henrig Bruch, who arrived in New York in 1709 2
Johan Mathias Bruch, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1736 2
David Bruch, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1737 2
Thomas Bruch, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1740 2
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Bruch Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Dorothea Bruch, aged 36, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1805 2
Dorothea Bruch who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1805
Heinrich Bruch who arrived in New Orleans, La. in 1823
Martin Bruch, who landed in Texas in 1840-1850 2
Friedrich Bruch, who landed in Brazil in 1846 2
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Bruch Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Peter Bruch, who arrived in Arkansas in 1904

Contemporary Notables of the name Bruch (post 1700) +

Brigadier-General Albert Bruch (1882-1952), French General Officer Commanding 2nd Armored Division (1940) 3
Walter Bruch (1908-1990), German engineer, famous for inventing the PAL color television system
Max Bruch (1838-1920), German composer

Citations +

"What are the 5,000 Most Common Last Names in the U.S.?". NameCensus.com, https://namecensus.com/last-names/
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 3) Albert Bruch. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Bruch%C3%A9/Albert-Charles-Emile/France.html