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beresford Name Meaning and History

English: habitational name from a place in the parish of Alstonfield, Staffordshire named Beresford, from Old English beofor ‘beaver’ (or possibly from a byname from this word) + Old English ford ‘ford’. This name also became established in Ireland.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of beresford Families in the US in 1920
Number of beresford families
 16-29
 6-15		 1-5
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 86 - Messages: 207
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Beresford of Newfoundland patricia beresford 5
Charles William Beresford DavidGClarke 0
Beresford- William (1865-1956) and his father Phillip HuntingDupuis 2
Eliza Beresford b 1823 Stockport PhilMcArthur 0
Martha Harriet BERESFORD - born about 1875 jayneebradley 0
Beresford-Matthew 1858 Wallbottle Northumberland/Durham hettonhoughton 0
Boniface robinmackay2 0
Gilbert Beresford robinmackay2 0
Jane Mcallister Beresford jammatun 0
Jane Mcallister Beresford jammatun 0
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