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The bess Surname

bess Name Meaning and History

  1. English: unexplained. Apparently a metronymic from the female personal name Bess, pet form of Elizabeth.
  2. German: short form of Betz.
  3. In some cases it is probably an altered spelling of French Besse.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of bess Families in the US in 1920
Number of bess families
 57-112
 20-56		 1-19
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 96 - Messages: 269
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BESS families in Missouri David N. Bollinger 6
BESS--NYC jenniferbess1 0
FRED Bess of Skowhegan, Maine polarjo57 0
Sarah BESS CMaynard32 2
Henry Bess, Permelia Bess, and Margaret Minor of Missouri LoLo41 4
Bostian Bess 1785-1869 judylowe1 2
Bess Family in Missouri txnnvirginia 1
POW/MIA Korean War, BESS H. Davis 3
To Captain Maynard--Nash Bess CarrieBalser(Bess) 6
Viola Bess,1948 social club AlettaHolmes 0
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