When David Bilyeu was born on 2 May 1851, in Moweaqua, Shelby, Illinois, United States, his father, John H Bilyeu, was 47 and his mother, Elizabeth Workman, was 37. He married Jemima Ellen Workman on 25 January 1875, in Christian, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Orthel Township, Hancock, Iowa, United States in 1910 and Sault Township, Koochiching, Minnesota, United States for about 10 years. He died on 13 October 1931, in Koochiching, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Birchdale Cemetery, Birchdale, Koochiching, Minnesota, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1852: Shelby, Illinois, United States
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Americanized form of French Billiou: from the ancient Germanic personal name Biliwulf, composed of the elements bili ‘gentle’ and wulf ‘wolf’. Compare Belyeu and Bilyou .
History: The surname Bilyeu is listed along with its original form Billiou and altered forms Balliou and Barlow in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors. The Huguenot ancestor was Thomas Billiou, who fled from France in the first half of the 17th century (first to Flanders and then to the Netherlands); it was his (grand)son Pierre alias Peter Billiou who left the Netherlands and came with his wife and children to New Amsterdam in New Netherland (now New York City, NY) in 1661.
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