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bolam Name Meaning and History

English (Northumberland): habitational name from places called Bolam in Northumberland and County Durham. These place names could derive from the dative plural (bolum) of either of two unattested Old English words, bola ‘tree trunk’ (compare Old Norse bolr) or bol ‘rounded hill’ (compare Middle Low German bolle ‘round object’).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of bolam Families in the US in 1920
Number of bolam families
 6-10
 3-5		 1-2
 0
Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 15 - Messages: 81
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Henry Bolam born Seghill Northumberland gstwtstl 0
Joseph BOLAM Arkansas Helen K 2
Robert Bolam from Durham England Kathy Bolam 19
Harry George Bolam angela1990reed 2
Bolam of Newcastle swanhorizon 4
maude bolam billgoughenour 6
Joseph BOLAM Arkansas Helen K 0
Bolam Family Cheryl Bolam 19
Patricia Bolam Christine Best 5
Joseph/Charles/Martha Bolam Elizabeth Moye 0
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