The Beason surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,414 people carried this name — #6,305 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 5,129 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

19 families named Beason, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 105 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

North Carolina 14
Massachusetts 4
South Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 229 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Beason in American newspapers,
1908–1924.

Newspaper page from The Pioche Weekly Record carrying the name Beason
The Pioche Weekly Record 1908-12-26
Newspaper page from The Pioche Record carrying the name Beason
The Pioche Record 1918-02-08
Newspaper page from The Laurens Advertiser carrying the name Beason
The Laurens Advertiser 1924-06-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 43,053 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Beason in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1950s.

350 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Beason. The most, 54, date from the 1920s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 116
Victoria 76
Queensland 63
South Australia 36
Tasmania 31
Western Australia 26
ACT (Canberra) 1
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Beason,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Margaret Hope Blankenship 1935–2012

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

In the public record

People named Beason,
in the records of 4 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 States276 records

276 records of the Beason name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 187
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 67
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Rebon G. Beason

    Born 1918 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1942 at Rochester, New York; farmer from Monroe County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Grove Place Cemetery, Rochester, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Margaret Jane Beason

    Arrived at New York in 1879 aboard the Circassia from Glasgow and Moville, aged 26; housekeeper. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Joe Lewis Beason

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1937, died 1968; buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

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

Showing 3 of 276 records for Beason in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia24 records

24 records of the Beason name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 15
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 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 Thomas Beason

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Hibernia, sailing from Portsmouth in 1818. Native of Sunderland, Durham.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Tasman William Beason

    Gentleman of Ormond, Victoria; died 1980.

    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 Edward Beason

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 aboard the Australia, aged 35; British subject.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 24 records for Beason in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Beason name in Canada City of Winnipeg cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Roy Rufus Beason

    Died 1913; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Beason name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Andre Armand Celestin Beason

    Born 1943 in Iffendic; died 1980 in Rennes (Ille-et-Vilaine).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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