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 Brubaker Coat of Arms / Brubaker Family CrestThe surname of BRUBAKER is of Swiss and German origin. The name was a locational name meaning 'one who came from BRUBACH' in Switzerland. This name is the Americanized form of BRUBACHER. The name is also spelt BROBACH, BROBECH, BRUBECH and BRUBECK. Surnames derived from placenames are divided into two broad categories; topographic names and habitation names. Topographic names are derived from general descriptive references to someone who lived near a physical feature such as an oak tree, a hill, a stream or a church. Habitation names are derived from pre-existing names denoting towns, villages and farmsteads. Other classes of local names include those derived from the names of rivers, individual houses with signs on them, regions and whole countries. A notable member of the name is Dave BRUBECK, born in 1920. The US jazz pianist and composer, who studied composition with Darius Milhard and Arnold Schoenberg. He introduced complex rhythms into jazz and formed a quartet in 1951. Among his most famous pieces are 'Take Five' and 'Blue Rondo a la Turque'. During the Reformation, Switzerland was not affected by the religious strife that devastated most of Europe; cities such as Geneva were in the middle of the Reformation and John Calvin became prominent as a Protestant reformer, founding Protestantism. Many people of Swiss origin emigrated from there to seek their fortune in other parts of the world. In the United States they particularly populated the states of Pennsylvania, New York, Illinois, Ohio, Texas and California. Because of the close relationship between the English and German languages, some Germans are able to transform their names to the English form just by dropping a single letter. Many Germans have re-spelt their names in America. After the start of the first World War, Germans in great numbers Anglicized their names in an effort to remove all doubt as to their patriotism Afterwards some changed back, and then during World War II the problem became acute once more, and the changing started all over again, although not with as much intensity. Many immigrants from Germany settled in Pennsylvania. |
