Beaufort Family History
Beaufort Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin) and French: habitational name from
various places in France named Beaufort, for example in Nord, Somme,
and Pas-de-Calais, from Old French beu, bel ‘fair’,
‘lovely’ + fort ‘fortress’, ‘stronghold’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Beaufort
Name Distribution of Beaufort Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Beaufort families
 12 - 21  5 - 11 |
 1 - 4  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Beaufort census records
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Beaufort Family Origin
Beaufort Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Beaufort Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Beaufort census records
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Military Service by Beaufort
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