Beetham Family History
Beetham Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Beetham in Cumbria, probably named
from a dative plural form, bjothum, of an Old Norse beth
‘embankment’, i.e. ‘(place near) the embankments’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Beetham
Name Distribution of Beetham Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Beetham families
 131 - 260  44 - 130 |
 1 - 43  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Beetham families
|
3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Beetham census records
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Beetham Family Origin
Beetham Emigration Information (US)
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Beetham Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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Military Service by Beetham
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