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).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Beamish
Name Distribution of Beamish Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Beamish families
 58 - 113  20 - 57 |
 1 - 19  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Beamish families
|
5 - 8 2 - 4 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Beamish census records
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Beamish Family Origin
Beamish Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Beamish Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Beamish census records
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Military Service by Beamish
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