What does the last name Bredamus mean and where are its origins?

Im just trying to figure out if there is a meaning behind my name and where it originates from.

What does the last name Bredamus mean and where are its origins?
You can answer your own question satisfactorily by researching your family history.





Breda, isn't that a town in Nederlands?
Reply:http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/NJE...


Mike, this lady is working to find the same answer as you are. There are only 4 listed in the social security death index, all who died in New Jersey.


Not all names have a meaning, despite efforts from some commercial web sites, that tell you different.


http://www.oldnewark.com/births/brag.php


this shows several births in early New Jersey, but notice that there are variations on the spelling. Interesting that even with the different spellings, familysearch.org (which normally picks up alternate spellings) found nothing.


It seems that Essex co, New Jersey is the best location to search... if you can identify your grandfather/ gr grandfather, whoever is likely to be seen in 1930 census...that would tell you where that person was born..and where the parents of that person were born. 1900, 1910, 1920 would also be good for this.. in fact, the earlier the better.


I don't sub to ancestry.com, or I'd see if I could pick that up. Perhaps someone here will come in behind me, and do it. Or, ancestry offers trial subscriptions for 14 days.


Overall.. if you have a really rare name, it is common that what you know today was not the original spelling. So search engines would be less likely to find it. The other option is that the family migrated close to 1880. The immigration files at ancestry are good, but mainly if they came through New York. Not everyone did.
Reply:Ancestry.Com shows a Charles Budamus(Charles Bredamus) on the 1910 census of St Joseph Indiana, South Bend Ward 4. The name is hard to read on the original image so they show two spellings in their index.





It shows he was born in Michigan but both parents were born in Germany.








On the 1930 census of Essex New Jersey, Orange. They show a James and Pauline Bredamus both born in New Jersey and on the original image, parents of both born in Germany





This was a tough one.





I checked to see if your name was with a coat of arms peddler but it wasn't. However I will furnish you the link below as it is good to get the word out. There are merchants who use the internet for their business because if they used the U.S. mail to sell their products the way they do, they could be charged with mail fraud.





http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/comconsumerp...