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Bear: Origin, Geographical Distribution
Local. A corruption of Bearnham, the town in the wood or hill. Bern, in the Swiss language, signifies a bear. This family was originally of Southwick, County Hants, England.
Bear Surname Origin
Spelling Variations : BEHR | BEER | BAEHR | BAER | BIER | BEAR | BIRE | BEARD | BEERS | BERE | BECHR
Bear: Place of Origin :  Lancashire (United Kingdom) |  Norfolk (United Kingdom) |  Cumbria (United Kingdom) |  Devon (United Kingdom) |  London (United Kingdom) |  Cornwall (United Kingdom)
Bear: Online Family Trees
BEAR Memphis, Mo (Scotland, United Kingdom) 2000 - 2000
BEAR ABEL Londres (London, England, United Kingdom)  -
BEAR Gillingham (Kent, England, United Kingdom) 1921 - 1921
BEAR Oxfordshire (Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom) 2000 - 2000
BEAR Londres, Middlesex (London, England, United Kingdom) 1670 - 1729
BEAR Warwick Twp, Lancaster Co. Pa. (Lancashire, England, United Kingdom) 1739 - 1739
BEAR Wymering (Hampshire, England, United Kingdom) 1782 - 1782
BEAR Buffalo Twp., Cumberland (Now Perry )Co., Pa. (Cumbria, England, United Kingdom) 1819 - 1819
BEAR Leacock Twp., Lancaster Co., Pa. (Lancashire, England, United Kingdom) 1747 - 1842
BEAR Upper Leacock, Lancaster Co., Pa. (Lancashire, England, United Kingdom) 1803 - 1803

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Bear: Books that contain this surname
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BEARHistory of Franklin county, Pennsylvania, containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries...biographies: history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, etc. ..
Author: Bates, Samuel Penniman, 1827-1902. - Published in 1887
... Miss Mattie-E. , daughter of Jacob and Martha (Bowman) Bear, and they have three children. Mr. ...		 BEARA genealogy of the Bear family and biographical record of the descendants of Jacob Bear, 1747-1906,
Author: Bear, Walter Scott, 1876- comp - Published in 1906
... of the letters written by Andrew Hirum Bear to his wife while he was at the front. In a letter ...
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