Beckman Family History
- Beckman Name Meaning
- English: topographic name for someone who lived beside a stream, from northern Middle English bekke ‘stream’ (Old Norse bekkr) + man ‘man’. Swedish (Bäckman): ornamental name composed of the elements bäck ‘stream’ + man ‘man’. Respelling of German Beckmann. Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Beck.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 407,382 Historical Documents with Beckman on Ancestry
- 152,604 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 85,785 Census and Voter Lists
- 15,316 Military Records
- 13,005 Immigration Records
- 140,672 Member Trees
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Number of Beckman families
 7 - 12  3 - 6 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Beckman families
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3 - 4 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Beckman census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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