Brief Life History of William Bemus
When William Bemus Lear was born on 4 October 1860, in New Castle, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Nathan White Lear, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth White, was 30. He died on 19 August 1861, in New Castle, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 0.
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Sources (7)
- William Bemus Lear, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
- Lear, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
- William L. Beamas Teur, "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904"
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Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English ler ‘cheek, face, countenance, complexion’ (Old English hlēor), used adjectivally to mean ‘beautiful of face’.
English: variant of Layer .
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Uidhir ‘son of the swarthy lad’ or ‘son of the servant of Odhar’, a byname from odhar (genitive uidhir) ‘dun-colored’, ‘weatherbeaten’. Compare McAleer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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