The Beaman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,980 people carried this name — #5,787 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,300 people counted. That is up 13% from 5,314 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Beaman surname

As an English and Welsh surname

An early record he cites: William de Bellemonte, Prepositor of Bristol, 1240 — History and Antiquities of Bristol (Barrett).

His entry covers Beaman, Beament, Beamont and Beeman.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 87 · public domain.

In print

Beaman in American newspapers,
1893–1922.

Newspaper page from The Madison Daily Leader carrying the name Beaman
The Madison Daily Leader 1893-02-13
Newspaper page from Reporter And Farmer carrying the name Beaman
Reporter And Farmer 1905-06-15
Newspaper page from Mountain Home Republican carrying the name Beaman
Mountain Home Republican 1922-07-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 31,676 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Beaman in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

1,413 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Beaman. The most, 331, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 483
New South Wales 423
Victoria 314
Western Australia 71
Tasmania 63
South Australia 33
ACT (Canberra) 9

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Beaman.

Who carried it

People named Beaman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Fernando C. Beaman
    Fernando C. Beaman 1814–1882 · lawyer
  • Phineas Alden Beaman
    Phineas Alden Beaman 1819–1894 · politician
  • Charles Cotesworth Beaman
    Charles Cotesworth Beaman 1840–1900 · lawyer
  • Diana Vernon Constance Guise d. 1945
  • Lorna Beaman d. 1978
  • Isabel Elaine May Beaman d. 1969

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Beaman,
in the records of 5 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States472 records

472 records of the Beaman name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 230
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 84
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 76
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 33
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 23
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 13
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert F. Beaman

    Born 1922 in New Jersey. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; route man from New York County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Robert Jon Beaman

    Born 1945; from East Hartford, Connecticut. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bridget Beaman

    Arrived at New York in 1866 aboard the Erin from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 23; servant. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 472 records for Beaman in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia56 records

56 records of the Beaman name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 22
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 12
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 12
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 6
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record Frederick Beaman

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Maitland, sailing from Plymouth in 1843. Native of Birmingham, Warwickshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Andrew Beaman

    Arrived in Queensland in 1885 aboard the Quetta, aged 15.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Andrew Robert Charles Beaman

    Retired of Box Hill Sth, Victoria; died 1988.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 56 records for Beaman in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada53 records

53 records of the Beaman name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 40
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 4
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 3
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Medley L. Beaman

    Buried in 1929 at Mount Hermon Cemetery, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, aged 38.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Lavinia Sophia Beaman

    Died 1927 in Digby, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Harry Beaman

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 53 records for Beaman in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom7 records

7 records of the Beaman name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. G. Beaman

    Gunner, Royal Field Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. Beaman

    King's (Liverpool Regiment). Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Beaman

    Gunner, Army Service Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Beaman in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the Beaman name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Percival Jonathan Beaman

    Died 1975, aged 57; buried at Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Beaman in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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