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The earliest occurrence of the Brackan surname in our family history documents is from 1578, and we currently have 624 records where Brackan appears . Here are a few more facts to get you started…
3 Brackans were recorded as miners in the 1901 Census.
In the early 1900s Brackans were most likely to live in Durham.
It seems all Brackans were law-abiding. We found no criminal records.
No Brackans were recorded as serving in the First World War in Findmypast's records.
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