Brose History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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The surname Brose is a topographic surname, which was given to a person who resided near a physical feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree. Habitation names form the other broad category of surnames that were derived from place-names. They were derived from pre-existing names for towns, villages, parishes, or farmsteads. Other local names are derived from the names of houses, manors, estates, regions, and entire counties. As a general rule, the greater the distance between an individual and their homeland, the larger the territory they were named after. For example, a person who only moved to another parish would be known by the name of their original village, while people who migrated to a different country were often known by the name of a region or country from which they came. Brose is derived from the Old French word broce, meaning brushwood, and indicates that the original bearer lived near or in such a wooded area.

Early Origins of the Brose family

The surname Brose was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France, where the renowned family lived in early times.

The illustrious house of the Viscounts of Brosses comes from the Viscount of Géraud, cited in 1120. The Brosses of Escrot and Maleval owned land that had originally belonged to Claude, Lord of Maleval, who died in 1605. 1

The Brosses of Bretagne (Brittany) are said to be a branch of the family originally coming from Jean-Jacques, a naval officer and knight of Saint Louis. 1

Early History of the Brose family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Brose research. Another 211 words (15 lines of text) covering the years 1375, 1426, 1433, 1448, 1571, 1600, 1626, 1649, 1651, 1676, 1704, 1709, 1730, 1741, 1775 and 1777 are included under the topic Early Brose History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Brose Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Brosses, Brosse, Bross, des Brosses, du Brosses, de Brosses, de la Brosse, de Brousses, Delabrosse, Labrosse, Labrousse, Brossé, Brossier, Brossaud, Brossaut, Brossollet, Brossollette, Brosious, Brosius, Brose and many more.

Early Notables of the Brose family

Notable amongst the family at this time was Jean de Brosse (1375-1433), Lord of Boussac, Sainte-Sévère, Huriel, and Perugiawas; he was a councillor and chamberlain to the King of France, made a Marshal in 1426. Salomon de Brosse (1571-1626) was a French...
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Brose Ranking

In the United States, the name Brose is the 15,568^th most popular surname with an estimated 2,487 people with that name. 2

Brose migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Brose Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

George Brose, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1835 3
John Brose, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1837 3
Jacob Brose, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1844 3
Fr Carl Brose, who arrived in New York in 1848 3
Wilhelm Brose, aged 14, who arrived in New York, NY in 1894 3

Brose migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Brose Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Ernest Brose, aged 27, who landed in Quebec in 1868

Contemporary Notables of the name Brose (post 1700) +

Dario Brose (b. 1970), retired American soccer player
Don Brose, American former college men's ice hockey coach
Henry Herman Leopold Adolph Brose (1890-1965), Australian physicist and Rhodes Scholar
Brose A. McVey, American Republican politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from Indiana 7th District, 2002 4

Citations +

Hozier, Charles D, and Antoine Bachelin-Delforenne. État présent De La Noblesse française (1883-1887): Contenant Le Distionnaire De La Noblesse Contemporaine Et Larmorial général De France, Dapres Les Manuscrits De Ch. D Hozier. Librairie Des Bibliophiles, 1884. Print.
"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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 14) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html