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Profiles

  • Capt. (USA), Ezra Dougherty Brisbin (1829 - 1895)
    Capt Ezra Dougherty Brisbin 65 years, 7 months and 9 days old CIVIL WAR UNION CAPTAIN COMPANY C 110TH INFANTRY PA REGIMENT Mustered in October 24, 1861 as Captain of the Woodbury Zouaves. This was an o...
  • Lt. James Johnston Brisbin, USA (1839 - 1903)
    Grave: War Veteran* Union Lieutenant 2nd Class* 56th Infantry Regiment of PA* Company HEnlisted: October 30, 1861 Resigned: October 31, 1862Grandson of Samuel Brisbin and Nancy Johnston.Son of William ...
  • Brevet Maj. General (USA), James Sanks Brisbin (1837 - 1892)
    MG James Sanks Brisbin Civil War Union Brevetted Major General. When the Civil War broke out, he was a lawyer in practice when commissioned a Captain in the First Dragoons, Union Army in 1861. Known in...
  • Mary Seeley (1740 - 1808)
    Mary Sarah Brisben Daughter of Admiral James Brisbin and Margaret C. Carruth Birth: 1740 in Rensselaerwyck, Albany County, New York Alternate Birth: 1740 - 1744 • County Antrim, Ireland Death: ...
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About the Brisbin surname

Brisbane is named after the Brisbane River, which in turn was named after Sir Thomas Brisbane, the governor of New South Wales from 1821 to 1825. The name is derived from the Scottish Gaelic bris, meaning "to break or smash" and the Old English word ban meaning bone.