The beckum Surname
beckum Name Meaning and History
- Americanized spelling of Norwegian Bekkum, from the dative plural case of bekk ‘stream’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived ‘by the streams’.
- Possibly a variant spelling of English Beckham.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Beckum/Powell in Worth County, Georgia |
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| Beckum Surname | Jennifer Beckum Hess | 3 |
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| Beckum's of GA | Kathy | 2 |
| M.F. Beckum married J.C. Arrick in Hardin TN 1877 |
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| BECKUM FAMILY WEBSITE | Jennifer Beckum Hess | 2 |
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| John Linsey Beckum and Willie May Walton m 1912 |
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