Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Bryant was born in 1863, in Driftwood MM, Jackson, Indiana, United States, his father, Thomas Bryant, was 29 and his mother, Rebecca Huckleberry, was 22. He lived in Gibson Township, Clark, Indiana, United States in 1880.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Thomas Bryant in household of Thomas Bryant, "United States Census, 1870"
- Thomas Bryant in household of Thomas Bryant, "United States Census, 1880"
- 1870 United States Federal Census
Parents and Siblings
1834–1920 Male
1841–1863 Female
Siblings (2)
1862–1954 Male
1863– Male
World Events (8)
1863
Age 0
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
Age 0
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 33
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Celtic personal name Brian (from brigo- ‘high’ + the suffix -ant-), with excrescent -t. Breton bearers of this name were among the Normans who invaded England in 1066. They went on to settle in Ireland in the 12th century, where the name mingled with the native Irish form Briain (see O'Brien ). The latter had also been borrowed, as Brján, by the Vikings, who introduced it independently into northwestern England before the Norman Conquest.
Breton: very rare variant of Briant (see Briand ) and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.
History: The American poet William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878) came of a New England family, being descended from Stephen Bryant, who had settled in Plymouth Colony in 1632.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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