The beamish Surname
beamish Name Meaning and History
- 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).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Beamishs of Bandon, Co.Cork, Ireland | Vita v.Wedel | 7 |
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| William Adderly BEAMISH s/o Isaac Simpson BEAMISH, Cork > Kingston > Belleville, Ontario |
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| family history | Dr.William Beamish | 3 |
| The Beamish Book | Erika [in England] | 22 |
| Beamish | Don Copithorn | 3 |
| THOMAS SWANTON BEMISH | Jenny | 2 |
| BEAMISH, EVANSON, MORRIS connections | saundra shay | 9 |
| Beamish famil tree | Garry Beamish Burton | 14 |
| William Beamish, a Quaker, born 1780 Suffolk Co., England |
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