The 1861 UK census contains 199 Bree’s from approximately 43 families living in 22 counties:
| Born County | |
| Anglesey | 1 |
| Bedfordshire | 3 |
| Cambridgeshire | 3 |
| Channel Islands | 59 |
| Cornwall | 23 |
| Cumberland | 4 |
| Dorset | 1 |
| Durham | 1 |
| Essex | 1 |
| Flintshire | 8 |
| Gloucestershire | 1 |
| Guernsey | 1 |
| Herefordshire | 9 |
| Ireland | 2 |
| Kent | 2 |
| Lancashire | 2 |
| Leicestershire | 3 |
| Lincolnshire | 6 |
| Middlesex | 4 |
| Norfolk | 5 |
| Northamptonshire | 25 |
| Nottinghamshire | 1 |
| Rutland | 5 |
| Scotland | 1 |
| Suffolk | 7 |
| Surrey | 1 |
| Sussex | 1 |
| Warwickshire | 3 |
| Westmorland | 1 |
| Wiltshire | 1 |
| Worcestershire | 1 |
| Yorkshire | 13 |
| Residing County | |
| Bedfordshire | 3 |
| Caernarfonshire | 1 |
| Cambridgeshire | 6 |
| Carmarthenshire | 5 |
| Cheshire | 8 |
| Cornwall | 21 |
| Cumberland | 3 |
| Durham | 1 |
| Essex | 3 |
| Gloucestershire | 3 |
| Hampshire | 3 |
| Jersey | 62 |
| Leicestershire | 2 |
| Lincolnshire | 4 |
| Middlesex | 12 |
| Norfolk | 2 |
| Northamptonshire | 26 |
| Rutland | 7 |
| Suffolk | 10 |
| Sussex | 1 |
| Worcestershire | 1 |
| Yorkshire | 13 |
Here is the full census extract detailing anybody with the surname Bree in the 1851 census
| Name | Relationship To Head | DoB | Born Area | Born County | Resides Area | Resides County | Spouse |
| Mary Bree | Wife | | | Ireland | Saint Helier | Jersey | |
| Michael Bree | Head | | | Ireland | Saint Helier | Jersey | |
| William Bree | Head | | Sundon | Bedfordshire | | Bedfordshire | |
| Mary C Bree | Wife | | Toddington | Bedfordshire | | Bedfordshire | |
| Mary C Bree | Daughter | | Toddington | Bedfordshire | | Bedfordshire | |
| Margt Bree | | | Newborough | Anglesey | | Caernarfonshire | |
| Mary Ann Bree | Niece | | Walsoken | Norfolk | Wisbech St Peter and St Paul | Cambridgeshire | |
| Susan Bree | Wife | | | Lincolnshire | | Cambridgeshire | |
| Mary Bree | Wife | | Tydd St Giles | Cambridgeshire | | Cambridgeshire | |
| John Bree | Son | | Walsoken | Norfolk | | Cambridgeshire | |
| John Bree | Head | | Wisbeach | Cambridgeshire | | Cambridgeshire | |
| Joseph Bree | Head | | Wisbech | Cambridgeshire | | Cambridgeshire | |
| Edward N Bree | Head | | | Essex | Myddfai | Carmarthenshire | |
| Alice W Bree | Daughter | | Hereford | Herefordshire | Myddfai | Carmarthenshire | |
| Miles Bree | Son | | Hereford | Herefordshire | Myddfai | Carmarthenshire | |
| Elizabeth Bree | Wife | | | Middlesex | Myddfai | Carmarthenshire | |
| Annie M Bree | Daughter | | Myton in Hull | Yorkshire | Myddfai | Carmarthenshire | |
| Jane Bree | Daughter | | Hawarden | Flintshire | | Cheshire | |
| John Bree | Head | | Hawarden | Flintshire | | Cheshire | |
| Mary Bree | Daughter | | Hawarden | Flintshire | | Cheshire | |
| John Bree | Son | | Hawarden | Flintshire | | Cheshire | |
| Thomas Bree | Son | | Hawarden | Flintshire | | Cheshire | |
| Edward Bree | Son | | Hawarden | Flintshire | | Cheshire | |
| Henry Bree | Son | | Hawarden | Flintshire | | Cheshire | |
| Catherine Bree | Wife | | Mold | Flintshire | | Cheshire | |
| Honour M Bree | Daughter | | Crowan | Cornwall | Crowan | Cornwall | |
| Alma Bree | Daughter | | Crowan | Cornwall | Crowan | Cornwall | |
| Annie Bree | Granddaughter | | Crowan | Cornwall | Crowan | Cornwall | |
| Eliza Bree | Daughter | | Crowan | Cornwall | Crowan | Cornwall | |
| William John Bree | Son | | Crowan | Cornwall | Crowan | Cornwall | |
| Albert Bree | Son | | Crowan | Cornwall | Crowan | Cornwall | |
| Thomas S Bree | Son | | Crowan | Cornwall | Crowan | Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth A Bree | Daughter | | St Erth | Cornwall | Crowan | Cornwall | |
| Elizabeth Bree | Head | | St Erth | Cornwall | Crowan | Cornwall | |
| Mary Bree | Daughter | | Camborne | Cornwall | Phillack | Cornwall | |
| William Bree | Son | | Camborne | Cornwall | Phillack | Cornwall | |
| Elizth Bree | Daughter | | Camborne | Cornwall | Phillack | Cornwall | |
| Jane Bree | Daughter | | Camborne | Cornwall | Phillack | Cornwall | |
| Ann Bree | Daughter | | Camborne | Cornwall | Phillack | Cornwall | |
| Josiah Bree | Son | | Camborne | Cornwall | Phillack | Cornwall | |
| Canstanel Bree | Wife | | Phillack | Cornwall | Phillack | Cornwall | |
| Thomas Bree | Head | | St Erth | Cornwall | Phillack | Cornwall | |
| Henry Bree | Boarder | | St Blazey | Cornwall | St Teath | Cornwall | |
| Emma Bree | Boarder | | St Teath | Cornwall | St Teath | Cornwall | |
| John H Bree | Boarder | | St Teath | Cornwall | St Teath | Cornwall | |
| Joseph Bree | Boarder | | Perranzabuloe | Cornwall | Wendron | Cornwall | |
| Thos Bree | Head | | Carlisle | Cumberland | Botchergate | Cumberland | |
| John Bree | Son | | Carlisle | Cumberland | Botchergate | Cumberland | |
| Agnes Bree | Wife | | | Scotland | Botchergate | Cumberland | |
| Elizabeth Bree | Employee | | | Durham | Monkwearmouth | Durham | |
| Charles R Bree | Head | | Ambleside | Westmorland | Maldon All Saints with St Peter | Essex | |
| Frances E Bree | Wife | | London | Middlesex | Maldon All Saints with St Peter | Essex | |
| Eliza Bree | Mother | | | Middlesex | Maldon All Saints with St Peter | Essex | |
| Harriet Bree | Daughter | | Cheltenham | Gloucestershire | Cheltenham | Gloucestershire | |
| Catherine Bree | Sister | | Stratford on Avon | Warwickshire | Cheltenham | Gloucestershire | |
| Anna Bree | Head | | Stratford on Avon | Warwickshire | Cheltenham | Gloucestershire | |
| Hannah Bree | Wife | | Buckland | Kent | Southampton St Mary | Hampshire | |
| John Bree | Head | | Dover | Kent | Southampton St Mary | Hampshire | |
| Johanne C C Bree | Daughter | | Liverpool | Lancashire | Southampton St Mary | Hampshire | |
| Susan Bree | Wife | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| Philip Bree | Head | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| John Bree | Head | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| Louise Jane Bree | Daughter | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| Jane Bree | Wife | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| Mary Bree | Wife | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| Jane Sus Bree | Daughter | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| Mary A Bree | Daughter | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| Philip J Bree | Son | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| Susan Bree | Daughter | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| Jane Bree | Daughter | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| Maria Bree | Daughter | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| John E Bree | Son | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| John Bree | Head | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| Philip Inn Bree | Head | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| Susan Bree | Wife | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| Eliza Bree | Daughter | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| Elizabeth J Bree | Daughter | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| Elizabeth Bree | Wife | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| Mary S Bree | Daughter | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| Chas Bree | Son | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| Mary A Bree | Daughter | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| Elias Bree | Head | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| Bree | Son | | | Channel Islands | Grouville | Jersey | |
| Elias Fr Bree | Son | | | Guernsey | Grouville | Jersey | |
| Jane Bree | Other | | | Channel Islands | Saint Helier | Jersey | |
| Elizabeth Bree | Other | | | Channel Islands | Saint Helier | Jersey | |
| Mary Bree | Daughter | | | Channel Islands | Saint Helier | Jersey | |
| Philip Bree | Head | | | Channel Islands | Saint Helier | Jersey | |
| Sophia Bree | Other | | | Channel Islands | Saint Helier | Jersey | |
| Jane Bree | Wife | | | Channel Islands | Saint John | Jersey | |
| Philip E Bree | Son | | | Channel Islands | Saint John | Jersey | |
| Philip Bree | Head | | | Channel Islands | Saint John | Jersey | |
| Elizabeth Bree | Boarder | | | Channel Islands | St Clement | Jersey | |
| Mary Bree | Wife | | | Channel Islands | St Saviour | Jersey | |
| George Bree | Head | | | Channel Islands | St Saviour | Jersey | |
| Chas Bree | Student | | | Channel Islands | St. Lawrence | Jersey | |
| Esther Bree | Wife | | | Channel Islands | St. Martin | Jersey | |
| Susan Bree | Daughter | | | Channel Islands | St. Martin | Jersey | |
| George Bree | Head | | | Channel Islands | St. Martin | Jersey | |
| George Bree | Son | | | Channel Islands | St. Martin | Jersey | |
| Mary Bree | Head | | | Channel Islands | St. Martin | Jersey | |
| George Bree | Son | | | Channel Islands | St. Martin | Jersey | |
| Susan Bree | Wife | | | Channel Islands | St. Martin | Jersey | |
| Mary A Bree | Daughter | | | Channel Islands | St. Martin | Jersey | |
| Elias Bree | Head | | | Channel Islands | St. Martin | Jersey | |
| Elizabeth Bree | Daughter | | | Channel Islands | St. Martin | Jersey | |
| Mary A Bree | Daughter | | | Channel Islands | St. Martin | Jersey | |
| John Bree | Son | | | Channel Islands | St. Martin | Jersey | |
| Philip Bree | Son | | | Channel Islands | St. Martin | Jersey | |
| Betsy Bree | Daughter | | | Channel Islands | St. Martin | Jersey | |
| John Bree | Son | | | Channel Islands | St. Martin | Jersey | |
| Ann Bree | Daughter | | | Channel Islands | St. Martin | Jersey | |
| Elias Bree | Son | | | Channel Islands | St. Martin | Jersey | |
| Nancy Bree | Wife | | | Channel Islands | St. Martin | Jersey | |
| Heleor Bree | Son | | | Channel Islands | St. Martin | Jersey | |
| John Bree | Head | | | Channel Islands | St. Martin | Jersey | |
| Esther Bree | Wife | | | Channel Islands | St. Martin | Jersey | |
| Elias Bree | Head | | | Channel Islands | St. Martin | Jersey | |
| George Bree | Son | | | Channel Islands | St. Martin | Jersey | |
| Ann Bree | Wife | | Barwell | Leicestershire | Leicester St Nicholas | Leicestershire | |
| Charles Bree | Head | | Daventry | Northamptonshire | Leicester St Nicholas | Leicestershire | |
| Mary Bree | Boarder | | Spalding | Lincolnshire | Dogdyke | Lincolnshire | |
| Elizabeth Bree | Employee | | Waddington | Lincolnshire | Scothern | Lincolnshire | |
| Eleanor Bree | Boarder | | Bridlington | Yorkshire | Waddington | Lincolnshire | |
| Solomon Hill Bree | Boarder | | Dogdyke | Lincolnshire | Waddington | Lincolnshire | |
| Thomas Bree | Head | | Hatfield | Herefordshire | Barnet | Middlesex | |
| Charles Bree | Son | | | Herefordshire | Barnet | Middlesex | |
| Rosa Bree | Daughter | | | Herefordshire | Barnet | Middlesex | |
| Elizabeth J Bree | Daughter | | | Herefordshire | Barnet | Middlesex | |
| Jane Bree | Wife | | | Herefordshire | Barnet | Middlesex | |
| Emma Bree | Daughter | | | Herefordshire | Barnet | Middlesex | |
| Mary Anne Bree | Daughter | | | Herefordshire | Barnet | Middlesex | |
| Arthur C W Bree | Son | | Chelsea | Middlesex | Fulham | Middlesex | |
| Flora Bree | Wife | | Cobham | Surrey | Fulham | Middlesex | |
| Robert W S S Bree | Head | | | Cornwall | Fulham | Middlesex | |
| Isaac Bree | Boarder | | Whitehaven | Cumberland | Islington | Middlesex | |
| Martin L Bree | Boarder | | Green Hammerton | Yorkshire | St Marylebone | Middlesex | |
| William Bree | | | King's Lynn St John | Norfolk | Bawdeswell | Norfolk | |
| Thomas Bree | Other | | Saxthorpe | Norfolk | Bawdeswell | Norfolk | |
| William Bree | Son | | Daventry | Northamptonshire | Daventry | Northamptonshire | |
| John Bree | Son | | Daventry | Northamptonshire | Daventry | Northamptonshire | |
| Edward Bree | Boarder | | Daventry | Northamptonshire | Daventry | Northamptonshire | |
| Hannah Bree | Head | | Harpole | Northamptonshire | Daventry | Northamptonshire | |
| Susanah Bree | Head | | Norton | Northamptonshire | Daventry | Northamptonshire | |
| William D Bree | Son | | | Northamptonshire | Long Buckby | Northamptonshire | |
| Frederick Bree | Son | | | Northamptonshire | Long Buckby | Northamptonshire | |
| John Bree | Son | | | Northamptonshire | Long Buckby | Northamptonshire | |
| Edith Bree | Daughter | | | Northamptonshire | Long Buckby | Northamptonshire | |
| Thomas Bree | Head | | | Northamptonshire | Long Buckby | Northamptonshire | |
| Emma Bree | Daughter | | | Northamptonshire | Long Buckby | Northamptonshire | |
| Samuel Bree | Head | | | Northamptonshire | Long Buckby | Northamptonshire | |
| Samuel Bree | Father | | | Northamptonshire | Long Buckby | Northamptonshire | |
| Clara Bree | Daughter | | | Northamptonshire | Long Buckby | Northamptonshire | |
| Sarah Bree | Daughter | | | Northamptonshire | Long Buckby | Northamptonshire | |
| Ann Bree | Daughter | | | Northamptonshire | Long Buckby | Northamptonshire | |
| Eliza Bree | Daughter | | | Northamptonshire | Long Buckby | Northamptonshire | |
| Mary Bree | Daughter | | | Northamptonshire | Long Buckby | Northamptonshire | |
| Sarah Bree | Wife | | | Northamptonshire | Long Buckby | Northamptonshire | |
| John Bree | Head | | | Northamptonshire | Long Buckby | Northamptonshire | |
| Ann Bree | Wife | | Norton | Northamptonshire | Long Buckby | Northamptonshire | |
| Charlotte Bree | Wife | | West Haddon | Northamptonshire | Long Buckby | Northamptonshire | |
| William Bree | Head | | Coleshill | Warwickshire | Polebrook | Northamptonshire | |
| Mary Bree | Wife | | | Wiltshire | Polebrook | Northamptonshire | |
| Mary Ann Bree | Employee | | Long Buckby | Northamptonshire | Watford | Northamptonshire | |
| Elizabeth Bree | Head | | Daventry | Northamptonshire | Wellingborough | Northamptonshire | |
| Elizabeth Bree | Wife | | Garthorpe | Leicestershire | Whissendine | Rutland | |
| Edward Bree | Head | | Great Dalby | Leicestershire | Whissendine | Rutland | |
| David Bree | Son | | Whissendine | Rutland | Whissendine | Rutland | |
| William Bree | Head | | Oakham | Rutland | | Rutland | |
| Georgiana M Bree | Daughter | | Oakham | Rutland | | Rutland | |
| Emma E Bree | Daughter | | Oakham | Rutland | | Rutland | |
| Emma Bree | Wife | | Whissendine | Rutland | | Rutland | |
| Herbert Bree | Head | | | Cumberland | Harkstead | Suffolk | |
| Jane S Bree | Wife | | Drinkstone | Suffolk | Harkstead | Suffolk | |
| Charles H Bree | Son | | Drinkstone | Suffolk | Harkstead | Suffolk | |
| Marian H Bree | Daughter | | Harkstead | Suffolk | Harkstead | Suffolk | |
| Edward H Bree | Son | | | Suffolk | Harkstead | Suffolk | |
| John Bree | Son | | Woolverstone | Suffolk | Harkstead | Suffolk | |
| Arthur S Bree | Son | | Woolverstone | Suffolk | Harkstead | Suffolk | |
| Mary Bree | Employee | | Hockwold | Norfolk | Redgrave | Suffolk | |
| Bree | Son | | Orford | Suffolk | St Mary | Suffolk | |
| Mary Ann Bree | Head | | Poole | Dorset | St Mary | Suffolk | |
| Harriet Bree | Employee | | Petworth | Sussex | Hove | Sussex | |
| William Bree | Head | | Pensax | Worcestershire | Pensax | Worcestershire | |
| James H Bree | Grandson | | Manchester | Lancashire | Ecclesall Bierlow | Yorkshire | |
| Jane Bree | Employee | | Newark | Nottinghamshire | Ecclesall Bierlow | Yorkshire | |
| Sarah Bree | Wife | | | Yorkshire | Ecclesall Bierlow | Yorkshire | |
| William Bree | Son | | | Yorkshire | Ecclesall Bierlow | Yorkshire | |
| John Bree | Head | | | Yorkshire | Ecclesall Bierlow | Yorkshire | |
| Emily S Bree | Daughter | | | Yorkshire | Ecclesall Bierlow | Yorkshire | |
| Emma Bree | Wife | | Bridlington | Yorkshire | Falsgrave | Yorkshire | |
| William Bree | Head | | Chapel Hill | Lincolnshire | Falsgrave | Yorkshire | |
| Edward Bree | Son | | Pickering | Yorkshire | Falsgrave | Yorkshire | |
| Samuel Bree | Son | | Seamer | Yorkshire | Falsgrave | Yorkshire | |
| Solomon R Bree | Son | | Tattershall Bridge | Lincolnshire | Falsgrave | Yorkshire | |
| Geo Nelson Bree | Head | | Ferrybridge | Yorkshire | Rothwell | Yorkshire | |
| Mary Bree | Wife | | Oulton | Yorkshire | Rothwell | Yorkshire | |
| Miles S S Bree | | | Tintagel | Cornwall | | | |
| David Bree | | | Barnsley | Yorkshire | | | |