Re: Breer Family Name
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Re: Breer Family Name
2/18/00
As far as I know the name
Breer < Breher < Breder
comes from a certain type of soil and/or refers to the housing.
It's a wet soil often found in northwest Germany. The "house" is believed to be a primitive turf cabin covered with grass. Also these existed in this area long ago.
Here, the name is pronounced like "bear" with an r, so a one-syllable word (not 2 syllables like in the suggested "bayer with r")
Best regards from Germany
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Re: Breer Family Name
Meralyn Breer 12/05/03