Bethany Family History
Bethany Name Meaning
English: possibly a topographic name from an Old English plant
name, betonice ‘betony’. The form of the name has been altered
by folk association with the New Testament place name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Bethany
Name Distribution of Bethany Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Bethany families
 18 - 34  7 - 17 |
 1 - 6  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Bethany Family Origin
Bethany Emigration Information (US)
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Bethany Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
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