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![Show Contents]() Brabant History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Etymology of BrabantWhat does the name Brabant mean? Noble surnames, such as Brabant, evoke images of the ancient homeland of the French people. The original bearer of the name Brabant, which is a local surname, once lived, held land, or was born in the beautiful region of Maine. In France, hereditary surnames were adopted according to fairly general rules and during the late Middle Ages, names that were derived from localities became increasingly widespread. Local names originally denoted the proprietorship of the village or estate. The Brabant family derived its name from the place named Brabant, in the province of Maine. Early Origins of the Brabant familyThe surname Brabant was first found in the ancient province of Maine. Early History of the Brabant familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Brabant research. Another 83 words (6 lines of text) covering the years 1362, 1367, 1428, 1819, 1863, 1899, 1905, 1908 and 1910 are included under the topic Early Brabant History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Brabant Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Brabant, Brébant, Braibant, Brabançon and many more. Early Notables of the Brabant familyNotable amongst the family at this time was Maurice Braibant, born in Paris in 1863, who was a politician. Having graduated from law school, he moved to Largentière (Ardèche), where he founded «Le Républicain des Cévennes», a radical newspaper. In Bar-de-Luc he collaborated in «L'indépendance de l'Est»...
Another 47 words (3 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Brabant Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Brabant RankingIn France, the name Brabant is the 2,005th most popular surname with an estimated 3,113 people with that name. 1
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Some of the first settlers of this family name were: Brabant Settlers in United States in the 17th Century- George Brabant, who landed in Maryland in 1680 2
Brabant Settlers in United States in the 18th Century- Geneviève Brabant married in Repentigny in 1714
- John Brabant, who landed in South Carolina in 1739 2
- Daniel Brabant, who arrived in South Carolina in 1739 2
- Isaac Brabant, who arrived in Georgia in 1741 2
- Marie-Elisabeth Brabant married in this town in 1761
Brabant Settlers in United States in the 19th Century- Abraham Brabant, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1839 2
| Brabant migration to West Indies | + |
The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 3Brabant Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century- Mr. Alexander Brabant, (b. 1605), aged 30, British settler travelling aboard the ship "The Dorset" arriving in Barbados in September 1635 4
| Contemporary Notables of the name Brabant (post 1700) | + |
- Daniel Brabant, Canadian youth baseball player, recipient of the Tip O'Neill Award for 1991
- Major-General Sir Edward Yewd Brabant KCB, CMG (b. 1839), South African colonial military commander
- Malcom J Brabant (b. 1955), freelance British journalist
- Pierre Brabant (b. 1925), Canadian pianist, and composer
| Historic Events for the Brabant family | + |
- Mr. John Henry Brabant (b. 1920), Irish Leading Stoker from Ireland, who sailed into battle on the HMS Repulse (1941) and died in the sinking 5
- http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
- Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_West_Indies
- Pilgrim Ship Lists Early 1600's retrieved 29th September 2021. Retrieved from https://www.packrat-pro.com/ships/shiplist.htm
- HMS Repulse Crew members. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listrepulsecrew.html
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