The Bracey surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,485 people carried this name — #6,230 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,800 people counted. That is up 7% from 5,119 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bracey surname

English habitational surname of Norman origin, from either of two places in France called Brécy.

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

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Bréci’.

An early record he cites: Alice de Bresci, Cambridgeshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Brassey, Bracey and Bracy.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 130 · public domain.

In print

Bracey in American newspapers,
1929–1930.

Newspaper page from Brownsville Herald carrying the name Bracey
Brownsville Herald 1930-03-16
Newspaper page from Brownsville Herald carrying the name Bracey
Brownsville Herald 1930-04-06
Newspaper page from Brownsville Herald carrying the name Bracey
Brownsville Herald 1929-06-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,104 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bracey in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

3,767 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bracey. The most, 792, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 2,328
Victoria 422
Western Australia 363
Queensland 286
Tasmania 174
South Australia 166
ACT (Canberra) 22
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Bracey,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sidney Bracey
    Sidney Bracey 1877–1942 · actor
  • Sidney Bracey
    Sidney Bracey 1877–1942 · actor
  • Ishman Bracey
    Ishman Bracey 1901–1970 · singer
  • Joan Bracey 1656–1685 · highwayman
  • Maria Johana Bracey 1759–1774
  • Cynthia Bracey 1839–1919

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 Bracey,
in the records of 6 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 States333 records

333 records of the Bracey name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 175
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 76
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 26
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 22
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 19
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 10
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • 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 Francis R. Bracey

    Born 1921 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1941 at New York City; elevator operator. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Lester Bracey

    Born 1951; from Yonkers, New York. U.S. Air Force; killed in action 1972 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam. Buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Margt Bracey

    Arrived at New York in 1849 aboard the Gertrude from Liverpool, aged 15; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 333 records for Bracey in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia152 records

152 records of the Bracey name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 61
  • Tasmanian Names Index 57
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 13
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 12
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 9
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William Bracey

    Died 1915 in General Hospital, Launceston, Tasmania. Will registered in Tasmania in 1915.

    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 Margaret Christina Bracey

    Born 1869 in Launceston, Tasmania. Married 1896 in Launceston, Tasmania, aged 26.

    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 Kate Bracey

    Arrived in Victoria in 1880 aboard the Orient, aged 5.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 152 records for Bracey 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: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

United Kingdom13 records

13 records of the Bracey name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record H. Bracey

    Corporal, Royal Engineers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  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. Bracey

    Norfolk Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

    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 A. Bracey

    Gunner, Royal Field Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 13 records for Bracey in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Canada12 records

12 records of the Bracey name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 5
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  • City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Jonas Bracey

    Left New York in 1783 aboard the Mars, bound for Port Roseway, aged 25.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Elizabeth Margaret Bracey

    Buried in 1990 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 70.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  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 Maurice John Bracey

    Died in service in 1942.

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

Showing 3 of 12 records for Bracey in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Bracey name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Graham Henry Bracey

    Born 1953 in Great Britain; died 1997 in Maubeuge (Nord).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Bracey name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Victor Ernest Bracey

    Married in 1946 in Eemnes.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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