Brazzell History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

During the 19th century thousands of impoverished Irish families made the long journey to British North America and the United States. These people were leaving a land that had become beset with poverty, lack of opportunity, and hunger. In North America, they hoped to find land, work, and political and religious freedoms. Although the majority of the immigrants that survived the long sea passage did make these discoveries, it was not without much perseverance and hard work: by the mid-19th century land suitable for agriculture was short supply, especially in British North America, in the east; the work available was generally low paying and physically taxing construction or factory work; and the English stereotypes concerning the Irish, although less frequent and vehement, were, nevertheless, present in the land of freedom, liberty, and equality for all men. The largest influx of Irish settlers occurred with Great Potato Famine during the late 1840s. Research into passenger and immigration lists has brought forth evidence of the early members of the Brazzell family in North America:

Brazzell Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

• Ann Brazzell, who arrived in New York in 1898 aboard the ship "Teutonic" from Liverpool, England 3

• Tim Brazzell, American sound technician, known for his work on Euphorium: Genesis (2019), Soul Custody (2020) and The Last Avatar (2014)
• Kim Brazzell, American genetic scientist at the Department of Genetic Therapy, A Novartis Company, Gaithersburg, Maryland
• Chris Brazzell (b. 1976), American former football wide receiver in the Canadian Football League who played from 1998 to 2017
• Karen Brazzell, American Democratic Party politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from South Carolina, 2004 4
• Eugene T. Brazzell, American Democratic Party politician, Member of Massachusetts State House of Representatives Thirteenth Suffolk District, 1905 4