2007-12-13 14:55:12 · 3 answers · asked by Pandra 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
This is what www.ancestry.com has to say about the name,
Bratcher
English: variant of Brach 2, the suffix -er denoting an inhabitant.
Probably a partly Americanized form of Swiss German Bretscher, an occupational name for a sawyer, from Brett ‘plank’, ‘board’ + scher, a reduced form of Scherer ‘cutter’, a derivative of scheren ‘to cut’, ‘sever’.
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2007-12-13 21:28:25 · answer #1 · answered by itsjustme 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
According to Ancestry.com, "Bratcher" is either an English variation of "Brach" to which the suffix "er" has been added, denoting an inhabitant, or else an Americanized form of the Swiss-German "Bretscher", meaning a sawyer (or cutter of wood).
New York passenger lists give the following ports of origin for "Bratcher": England (2), Switzerland (1), Scotland (1), Preussen (1), Ireland (1), and Germany (1). Most English Bratchers originally lived in either Devonshire (35 percent) or Hampshire (28 percent).
2007-12-14 00:24:42 · answer #2 · answered by Ellie Evans-Thyme 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It comes form the German "to soil your frau". Bratc "to vomit" and her as in "her".
It is often heard during Octoerfest after too many wursts and bier.
2007-12-13 23:07:53 · answer #3 · answered by Madge the Impaler. 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋