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'''Beaman''' is a [[surname]] of [[Normandy|Norman]] origin from the [[England|English]] midlands. The name is an Anglicisation of the French ''Beaumont''. It is claimed that English bearers of the name descended from [[Henry de Beaumont]] (died 1340).<ref> |
'''Beaman''' is a [[surname]] of [[Normandy|Norman]] origin from the [[England|English]] midlands. The name is an Anglicisation of the French ''Beaumont''. It is claimed that English bearers of the name descended from [[Henry de Beaumont]] (died 1340).<ref> |
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[http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Beaman The Internet Surname Database] |
[http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Beaman The Internet Surname Database] |
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An alternative is that it originated in the Welsh Borders as a derivation from 'ab Edmond'. See entry for "Bacheledre" |
An alternative is that it originated in the Welsh Borders as a derivation from 'ab Edmond'. This is consistent with the pattern of spread of the name in UK census data. See Wkipedia entry for "Bacheledre" |
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==List of persons with the surname Beaman== |
==List of persons with the surname Beaman== |
Revision as of 10:14, 11 July 2011
Beaman is a surname of Norman origin from the English midlands. The name is an Anglicisation of the French Beaumont. It is claimed that English bearers of the name descended from Henry de Beaumont (died 1340).<ref> The Internet Surname Database An alternative is that it originated in the Welsh Borders as a derivation from 'ab Edmond'. This is consistent with the pattern of spread of the name in UK census data. See Wkipedia entry for "Bacheledre"
List of persons with the surname Beaman
- Fernando Cortez Beaman, Politician from the U.S. state of Michigan during and after the American Civil War
- Rear Admiral Gerald R. Beaman, US Navy Commander
- John Beaman, Alderney Politician
- Nathaniel Beaman, Co-founder and President of the National Bank of Commerce of Norfolk, Virginia
- Walter Beaman Jones, Jr, American Republican Politician
List of persons with the surname Beman
- Deane Beman, American professional golfer and golf administrator.
- Nathan Sidney Smith Beman, (1785–1871) Fourth president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Solon Spencer Beman, (1853–1914) American architect
List of persons with the surname Beeman
- Edward E. Beaman, Inventor of Medicinal Chewing Gum
- Edwin Beeman, Inventor/Manufacture of First manufactured garden tractor
- Ellen Guon Beeman, American fantasy and science fiction author
- Greg Beeman, American director and producer
- Joseph H. Beeman, (1833–1909) U.S. Representative from Mississippi
- Vanessa Beeman, Grand Bard of the Gorseth Kernow
- William Orman Beeman, actor, author, singer, and professor of anthropology at The University of Minnesota