The Brasher surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,634 people carried this name — #5,261 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 44,400 people counted. That is up 5% from 6,337 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Brasher surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as an occupational name: ‘the brazier’.

An early record he cites: Henry le Brazur, Huntingdonshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Brazier, Brashier, Brasier and Brasher.

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

Brasher in American newspapers,
1873–1920.

Newspaper page from The Weekly Visitor carrying the name Brasher
The Weekly Visitor 1875-05-21
Newspaper page from The Lexington Progress carrying the name Brasher
The Lexington Progress 1920-05-14
Newspaper page from The Bossier Banner carrying the name Brasher
The Bossier Banner 1873-06-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 131,389 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Brasher in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

3,334 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Brasher. The most, 654, date from the 1930s. 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 South Australia, at 2.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 1,518
South Australia 994
Queensland 347
New South Wales 345
Tasmania 71
Western Australia 46
ACT (Canberra) 10

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

Who carried it

People named Brasher,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John C. Brasher d. 1998 · politician
  • Jenny Brasher d. 1901
  • Abraham Brasher 1734–1782
  • Ephraim Brasher 1744–1828 · goldsmith
  • Stanley J. Brasher 1928–2021 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Brasher,
in the records of 4 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 States324 records

324 records of the Brasher name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 206
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 72
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 30
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • 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 Haskell E. Brasher

    Born 1913 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1942 at Little Rock; aircraft worker from Johnson County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Fort Smith National Cemetery, Arkansas.

    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 Jimmy Mac Brasher

    Born 1941; from Canyon, Texas. U.S. Army, fixed wing aviation unit commander; declared dead 1966 in North Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Arthur Brasher

    Arrived at New York in 1864 aboard the Neptune from Liverpool, aged 21; shoemaker. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 324 records for Brasher 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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).

Australia111 records

111 records of the Brasher name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 47
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 36
  • Tasmanian Names Index 17
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 8
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  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 Thomas Brasher

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the William Metcalfe, sailing from Portsmouth in 1834. Native of Ditchampton, Wiltshire.

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

    Arrived in Queensland in 1888 aboard the Quetta, aged 24.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Alan Groves Brasher

    Retired of St Ives, N S W; died 1974.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 111 records for Brasher 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) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). 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); 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).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Brasher name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Samuel Murray Brasher

    Died 1955; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Albert E. Brasher

    Buried in 1941 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Frederick W. Brasher

    Married 1885 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 4 records for Brasher in Canada.

Counts: 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. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Brasher 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 C. A. Brasher

    Lieutenant, Royal Fus. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

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).

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