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The earliest occurrence of the Brownlie surname in our family history documents is from 1579, and we currently have 25,253 records where Brownlie appears . Here are a few more facts to get you started…
84 Brownlies were recorded as miners in the 1901 Census.
In the early 1900s Brownlies were most likely to live in Lanarkshire.
Not all Brownlies were law-abiding. We found 33 in criminal records.
85 Brownlies served in the First World War.
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