When Frederick Major Brackett was born on 26 October 1873, in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Charles Edward Brackett, was 26 and his mother, Angie K Silloway, was 26. He married Lillie A. Johnson on 23 September 1903, in Lowell, Penobscot, Maine, United States.
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English (of Norman origin): nickname from Old French brachet, a diminutive of brach ‘hound which hunts by scent’ (see Brack 4). The word was also used as a term of abuse.
History: Captain Richard Brackett (1610–c. 1691) came to Boston, MA, c. 1629, and moved to Braintree, MA, in 1641.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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