The name Fareebroder is an ancient
Anglo-Saxon name that was given to a person who was a person who was referred to as the
fair brother. The surname was originally derived from the relationship between two brothers and referred to the brother of a fair person or the better-looking of a pair of brothers. The surname Fareebroder comes from an ancient
Anglo-Saxon word
faerbeorht which described a brother-in-law to a famous knight or nobleman. In
Scotland, "father-brother" is a phrase to designate an uncle.
[1]CITATION[CLOSE]
Lowe, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.Early Origins of the Fareebroder family
The surname Fareebroder was first found in
Yorkshire where they held a
family seat from early times.
Early History of the Fareebroder family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Fareebroder research.
Another 219 words (16 lines of text) covering the years 1320, 1524 and 1834 are included under the topic Early Fareebroder History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Fareebroder Spelling Variations
Only recently has spelling become standardized in the English language. As the English language evolved in the Middle Ages, the spelling of names changed also. The name Fareebroder has undergone many
spelling variations, including Fairbrother, Farbrother, Farebrother, Fairbrodder, Farbrodder and many more.
Early Notables of the Fareebroder family (pre 1700)
More information is included under the topic Early Fareebroder Notables in all our
PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Migration of the Fareebroder family to the New World and Oceana
To escape the unstable social climate in
England of this time, many families boarded ships for the New World with the hope of finding land, opportunity, and greater religious and political freedom. Although the voyages were expensive, crowded, and difficult, those families that arrived often found greater opportunities and freedoms than they could have experienced at home. Many of those families went on to make significant contributions to the rapidly developing colonies in which they settled. Early North American records indicate many people bearing the name Fareebroder were among those contributors: Susannah Farebrother, who arrived in Boston in 1635; Nath. Fairbrother, who settled in Virginia in 1638; Betsey Fairbrother, who settled in Baltimore in 1830.