Guild of One-Name Studies
One-name studies, Genealogy
Study: Bratherton
Category: 1 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is in its early stages.
Website: www.bratherton.org.uk
Contact: Mrs Pam Davies
I am interested in the name BRATHERTON because it is my own maiden name. Within my direct family the name is being 'daughtered out': there are many descendants of Brathertons, but none in the generation below mine who have the family surname.
I have collected data from the UK Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths 1837-1903/30/35, and censuses and various other sources. Using Google I take an interest in today's Brathertons.
The Taliesin database, from NHS England and Wales records, has 287 Brathertons. This puts it as the 16,859th most common surname, and gives an estimate of 267 Brathertons in today's England and Wales population. By contrast, there are 1,544 Brethertons (4,646th) and 2,499 Brothertons (3,048th) in the database (population estimates 1,436 and 2,324 respectively).
The 1901 UK census initially listed 105 Brathertons - but omitted several of them including my grandfather and great-grandfather whose household appeared as 'Bralliorton' (since corrected)!
There are Brathertons today in Cheshire and Lancashire, and also elsewhere in England and the USA.
See my Bratherton page for a note about Scottish records.