Beske Family History
- Beske Name Meaning
- Eastern German: probably from the personal name Peske or Peschke, vernacular forms of Petrus (see Peter). Danish: from the old word bieske ‘bitter’, ‘acrid’, a nickname common since the 17th century.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 11,174 Historical Documents with Beske on Ancestry
- 4,805 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,558 Census and Voter Lists
- 497 Military Records
- 260 Immigration Records
- 4,054 Member Trees
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Number of Beske families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Beske families
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1 1 |
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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