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Birney: Origin, Geographical Distribution
Local. A parish in the shire of Elgin, Scotland. It was formerly named Brenuth, from brae-nut, as many hazel-trees grew there. The natives called it Burn-nigh, that is, a village near the Burn or river, now corrupted to Birnie.
Birney Surname Origin
Birney: Place of Origin :  Cleveland (United Kingdom) |  London (United Kingdom) |  Herefordshire and Worcester (United Kingdom) |  County Durham (United Kingdom) |  North Yorkshire (United Kingdom) |  Cumbria (United Kingdom)
Birney: Online Family Trees
BIRNEY London,Greater London,Angleterre,Royaume-Uni (London, England, United Kingdom) 1814 - 1814

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Birney: Books that contain this surname
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BIRNEYHistory of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut (Volume 1)
Author: Pape, William Jamieson, 1873- ed - Published in 1918
... a daughter of the late Robert Birney. They have one son, Robert Standish, born October .29, 1908. Mr. Me-Kenzie has ...
BIRNEYHistory of Waterbury and the Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut (Volume 1)
Author: Pape, William Jamieson, 1873- ed - Published in 1918
... united in marriage to Miss Grace Henderson Birney. a native of Torrington and a daughter of the late Robert Birney. ...
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