dries
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Post by dries on May 1, 2015 15:15:31 GMT
I think the name 'Brackenreid' might have come from Thomas Brackett Reed, the American Speaker of the House from 1895-1899. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Brackett_Reed
If you scroll down the page the similarities are very clear I think  Do you guys think this might be the origin of his last name? |
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Post by lizmc on May 1, 2015 16:46:07 GMT
I doubt it, actually.....He really wouldn't be someone that would be in the Canadian sphere of things, either in the period or now......I suspect the name comes from someone in Maureen Jennings' past, either in England or in Canada......Brackenreid is an English name, just not a very common one.
Cheers
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Post by Hodge on May 1, 2015 17:25:28 GMT
I doubt it, actually.....He really wouldn't be someone that would be in the Canadian sphere of things, either in the period or now......I suspect the name comes from someone in Maureen Jennings' past, either in England or in Canada......Brackenreid is an English name, just not a very common one. Cheers I would say something similar. Brackenreid is from Yorkshire, it's highly doubtful that a Brit from that time period would have a name that stems from someone in the US. Checked on Ancestry.ca (worldwide), there are only 58 records total for the name. It's not a common name at all. |
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Post by lizmc on May 1, 2015 20:36:30 GMT
It is quite possible it was originally hyphenated or is a corruption of something similar, but yes, the origins are more than likely in Yorkshire. It would be worth asking Maureen Jennings how she came up with the name.
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Post by snacky on May 2, 2015 2:11:05 GMT
I think the name 'Brackenreid' might have come from Thomas Brackett Reed, the American Speaker of the House from 1895-1899. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Brackett_Reed
If you scroll down the page the similarities are very clear I think Do you guys think this might be the origin of his last name? This is an interesting find, but I think it would be weird that such a staunchly Canadian show would take a name from American history.  Whenever I bring up current political events in America, re: Lillian's attitudes toward political action, I get informed that the writers couldn't possibly be drawing from that well and Canada has it's own history of riot and rebellion to draw from.  |
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Post by rondetto on May 8, 2015 17:11:15 GMT
It is of Irish descent, many went over to Lancashire and Yorkshire during the 19th century for work mainly building roads.
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Post by Hodge on May 8, 2015 18:11:16 GMT
It is of Irish descent, many went over to Lancashire and Yorkshire during the 19th century for work mainly building roads. That makes sense as the original Brackenreid in the books was Irish. |
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