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The bevis Surname

bevis Name Meaning and History

  1. habitational name from Beauvais in Oise, France.
  2. from a term of endearment, from Old French beu, bel ‘handsome’ (also used in the sense ‘dear’) + Anglo-Norman French fiz ‘son’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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The bevis name in History

A unique volume of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary following the bevis family name as far back in history as possible.

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Distribution of bevis Families in the US in 1920
Number of bevis families
 22-42
 8-21		 1-7
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 43 - Messages: 155
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Bevis/Gee of Hampshire/Dorset, UK lilmaglinty 1
Cecil Bevis Susan Ramey 7
Bevis, Isle of Wight, England Lorraine McMillan 5
John M. Bevis LisaPorterTuck 6
Bevis' in Delaware sblatta 2
Sarah Bevis married John Atkinson Ohio 1851 Genealogy8991 3
Virginia Wells Bevis Kristi_WellsBevis 1
Curtis E. Bevis B: 10 Apr 1909 , Clay Cty, Indiana? dowisdorey 2
Issachar Bevis Barbara Yenco 6
Faithfull descendants please Betty_Moyle 8
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