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Beaglehole Family History

Beaglehole Surname Meaning

unexplained. On the face of it possibly topographical from or related to dialectal bog(g)le-hole ‘hobgoblin's lair’ but this is a word of N England and Scotland.

Beagle or baigle is common dialect for ‘scarecrow grotesquely dressed figure’ ‘troublesome person’ including in the south-west but the relevance of this in the name as a unit is unclear.

Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016


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You can see how Beaglehole families moved over time by selecting different census years. The Beaglehole family name was found in the USA, the UK, and Scotland between 1880 and 1920. The most Beaglehole families were found in United Kingdom in 1891. In 1891 there were 8 Beaglehole families living in Yorkshire. This was about 31% of all the recorded Beaglehole's in United Kingdom. Yorkshire had the highest population of Beaglehole families in 1891.
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What did your Beaglehole ancestors do for a living?

In 1939, Unpaid Domestic Duties was the top reported job for people in the United Kingdom named Beaglehole. 100% of Beaglehole women worked as an Unpaid Domestic Duties.

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  • Unpaid Domestic Duties
    100%

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Between 1974 and 1993, in the United States, Beaglehole life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1993, and highest in 1985. The average life expectancy for Beaglehole in 1974 was 81, and 67 in 1993.

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