Beaver Family History
Beaver Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from any of
several places in France called Beauvoir, for example in Manche,
Somme, and Seine-Maritime, or from Belvoir in Leicestershire. All of
these are named with Old French beu, bel ‘fair’,
‘lovely’ + veïr, voir ‘to see’, i.e. a place with a
fine view.English: nickname from Middle English bevere,
Old English beofor ‘beaver’, possibly referring to a hard
worker, or from some other fancied resemblance to the animal. adm
The existence of patronymic forms such as Beaverson suggest
that this may also have been a personal name.Probably a
translation of cognates of 2 in other languages, in particular Dutch
Bever and German Bieber.Possibly a variant of
Welsh Bevan.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Beaver
Name Distribution of Beaver Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Beaver families
 127 - 252  43 - 126 |
 1 - 42  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Beaver families
|
6 - 9 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Beaver census records
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Beaver Family Origin
Beaver Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Beaver Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Beaver Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Beaver census records
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Military Service by Beaver
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