Beamish Family History
- Beamish Name Meaning
- English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from various places in northern France: Beaumais-sur-Dire in Calvados, Beaumetz in Somme, or any of three places called Beaumetz in Pas-de-Calais. They are named in Old French as beu ‘fair’, ‘lovely’ + més ‘dwelling’. Compare Mas. A place called Beamish in County Durham is an Anglo-Norman French place name of the same origin, first mentioned in the 13th century; it is possible that in some cases the surname is from this place. Americanized spelling of German Behmisch or Böhmisch, ethnic names for someone from Bohemia (see Bohm).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 121,447 Historical Documents with Beamish on Ancestry
- 30,908 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 27,675 Census and Voter Lists
- 3,345 Military Records
- 4,407 Immigration Records
- 55,112 Member Trees
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Number of Beamish families
 58 - 113  20 - 57 |
 1 - 19  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Beamish families
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29 - 56 10 - 28 |
1 - 9 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Beamish census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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