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The earliest occurrence of the Briens surname in our family history documents is from 1571, and we currently have 2,728 records where Briens appears . Here are a few more facts to get you started…
1 Brienses were recorded as miners in the 1901 Census.
In the early 1900s Brienses were most likely to live in Nottinghamshire.
It seems all Brienses were law-abiding. We found no criminal records.
No Brienses were recorded as serving in the First World War in Findmypast's records.
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