The Brawner surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,601 people carried this name — #7,247 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,100 people counted. That is up 11% from 4,143 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

26 families named Brawner, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 144 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Maryland 17
Virginia 4
Pennsylvania 2
South Carolina 2
New York 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 231 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Brawner in American newspapers,
1917–1922.

Newspaper page from Among The Clouds carrying the name Brawner
Among The Clouds 1917-08-07
Newspaper page from The White Mountain Echo carrying the name Brawner
The White Mountain Echo 1919-08-16
Newspaper page from The White Mountain Echo carrying the name Brawner
The White Mountain Echo 1922-08-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 129,669 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Brawner in Australian newspapers,
1930s–1950s.

20 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Brawner. The most, 8, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 8
New South Wales 4
Victoria 3
South Australia 2
Tasmania 1
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Brawner,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jeptha Brawner Duncan Guillén-Arosemena
    Jeptha Brawner Duncan Guillén-Arosemena 1885–1978 · politician
  • Mina Brawner 1874– · missionary
  • Mina Brawner 1874– · missionary
  • Clara Brawner 1929–1991 · pediatrician
  • Robert Brawner 1929–2022 · swimmer
  • Alpha Floyd 1934–2007 · opera singer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Brawner,
in the records of the United States.

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 States217 records

217 records of the Brawner name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 147
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 59
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 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 Elkins G. Brawner

    Born 1907 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1943 at Los Angeles, California; salesperson. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1958, buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

    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 Frank Edward Brawner

    Born 1945; from Frankfort, Kentucky. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Dinh Tuong, South 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 Wm. Brawner

    Arrived at New York in 1846 aboard the Pacific from Liverpool, aged 25; farmer. From Great Britain.

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

Showing 3 of 217 records for Brawner 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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).

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