The Beamon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,485 people carried this name — #7,426 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,800 people counted. That is up 9% from 4,125 in 2000.

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In print

Beamon in American newspapers,
1910–1921.

Newspaper page from The Daily Times carrying the name Beamon
The Daily Times 1921-11-05
Newspaper page from The Daily Gate City And Constitution-democrat carrying the name Beamon
The Daily Gate City And Constitution-democrat 1916-06-14
Newspaper page from Cedar County Wächter carrying the name Beamon
Cedar County Wächter 1910-05-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,593 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Beamon in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

51 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Beamon. The most, 10, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 16
Victoria 16
New South Wales 11
Tasmania 5
South Australia 2
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Beamon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sylvia Beamon 1936–2021 · archaeologist

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Beamon,
in the records of 3 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 States184 records

184 records of the Beamon name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 111
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 57
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James L. Beamon

    Born 1924 in Mississippi. Enlisted 1944 at Camp Shelby; farm hand from Sunflower County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at Memphis National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 Thomas Keith Beamon

    Born 1946; from South Gate, California. U.S. Army, mechanical maintenance helper; died in an accident 1968 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Benjamin Beamon

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1896, died 1976; buried at Dayton National Cemetery, Ohio.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 184 records for Beamon in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia5 records

5 records of the Beamon name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  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 John Beamon

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Albion, sailing from England in 1823. Native of Much Wenlock, Shropshire.

    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 George Beamon

    Sailed from Victoria in 1852 aboard the Victoria Packet, bound for Hobart Town, aged 36.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record George Beamon

    Arrived in Tasmania in 1852 aboard the Victoria Packet from Pt Phillip.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Beamon in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Beamon name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Maud Beamon

    Died 1899 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Willard Russell Beamon

    Born 1918 in Pleasant Hill, Colchester, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Beamon

    Died 1899 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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