The Bracy surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,808 people carried this name — #8,635 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 77,500 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,700 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bracy surname

A surname from Anglo-Norman.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bracy» (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 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

Bracy in American newspapers,
1907–1910.

Newspaper page from The Bridgeport Evening Farmer carrying the name Bracy
The Bridgeport Evening Farmer 1910-11-15
Newspaper page from Los Angeles Herald carrying the name Bracy
Los Angeles Herald 1908-01-12
Newspaper page from The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram carrying the name Bracy
The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram 1907-12-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,590 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bracy in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

14,893 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bracy. The most, 6,046, date from the 1890s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 4,591
New South Wales 4,217
South Australia 2,362
Queensland 1,782
Western Australia 1,453
Tasmania 480
Northern Territory 3
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Bracy,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henry Bracy
    Henry Bracy 1846–1917 · opera singer
  • Raymond Bryan Bracy
    Raymond Bryan Bracy 1901–1983 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bracy,
in the records of 3 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 States229 records

229 records of the Bracy name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 120
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 53
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 28
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 20
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Fred L. Bracy

    Born 1919 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island, New York; porter. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1957, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    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 James Bracy

    Arrived at New York in 1881 aboard the Adriatic from Liverpool, aged 26; laborer. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Gary Dorrence Bracy

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1936, died 2001; buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 229 records for Bracy in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia54 records

54 records of the Bracy name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 40
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 6
  • Tasmanian Names Index 6
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Fred Bracy

    Arrived in Queensland in 1883 aboard the Duke of Buckingham, aged 22.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Henry Edward Norman Bracy

    Gentleman of Strathmore, Victoria; died 1976.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record George Bracy

    Died 1872 in Launceston, Tasmania, aged 56.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 54 records for Bracy in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Bracy name in Canada Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record W. B. Bracy

    Came to Ontario in 1870 aboard the Prussian, landing at Quebec, bound for Hamilton, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

Counts: Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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