The Brace surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,943 people carried this name — #6,823 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,861 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Brace surname

English surname of Norman origin, from Old French brace (“arm”) and thus related to the noun brace.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Brace» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Brace in American newspapers,
1881–1921.

Newspaper page from The Citizen=times carrying the name Brace
The Citizen=times 1921-10-13
Newspaper page from Frostburg Mining Journal carrying the name Brace
Frostburg Mining Journal 1881-11-05
Newspaper page from The Hazard Herald carrying the name Brace
The Hazard Herald 1921-10-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,748 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Brace in Australian newspapers,
1830s–2000s.

37,906 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Brace. The most, 15,249, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 9,466
New South Wales 8,455
Queensland 8,379
Victoria 6,069
Western Australia 3,629
Tasmania 1,784
ACT (Canberra) 55
Northern Territory 24

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Brace.

Who carried it

People named Brace,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jonathan Brace
    Jonathan Brace 1754–1837 · judge
  • Francis Brace d. 1599 · politician
  • Francis Brace d. 1848 · naval officer
  • Mercy Brace d. 1698
  • Frances Lydia Brace d. 1847
  • Thomas Brace d. 1886

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Brace,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States473 records

473 records of the Brace name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 132
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 84
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 76
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 75
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 59
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 43
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Mack L. Brace

    Born 1903 in Vermont. Enlisted 1942 at Rutland; lumberman from Chittenden County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Maple Wood Cemetery, Huntington, Vermont.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Calogero Brace

    Arrived at New York in 1905 aboard the Roma from Naples, aged 25; laborer. From Naso, Messina, Italy; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Bruce Wayne Brace

    Born 1951; from Roseville, California. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; killed in action 1970 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 473 records for Brace in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia206 records

206 records of the Brace name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 88
  • Tasmanian Names Index 45
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 42
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 20
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 11
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Ann Brace

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Rajah, sailing from London in 1841. Native of Derby, Derbyshire. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1844.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Joseph Brace

    Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1831. Married 1831 in Launceston, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Charlotte Brace

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 aboard the Ben Nevis, aged 30; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 206 records for Brace in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada59 records

59 records of the Brace name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 51
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 3
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Robert A. Brace

    Buried in 1982 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 64.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Maria May Brace

    Died 1944 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Alexander Albert Brace

    Died in service in 1942.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 59 records for Brace in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom15 records

15 records of the Brace name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 12
  • Welsh wills index cards 2
  • Scottish rolls of honour, First World War 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record David Brace

    Will proved in 1927; of Llanelly, Carmarthenshire.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record C. Brace

    Opshire Light Infantry. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record Percy W. H. Brace

    Died 1918. Named in the roll of honour (1926).

    National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain)

Showing 3 of 15 records for Brace in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0) · National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Brace name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Hendrik Jacobus Brace

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1851 in Groningen.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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