Re: Bealle (Beall) vs. Bell and Beal
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Re: Bealle (Beall) vs. Bell and Beal
Thomas Beall 12/22/11
When I was 15 I put together a little book called "the Story of the Maryland Walker Family," little realizing, in my youthfulness, that there were many Maryland Walker families, not just mine.
I would be similarly cautious now about referring to "the Texas Bealls".I would suspect there are many Bealls in Texas, some of whom are from totally different families.
Pronunciation is an interesting fact in its own right, and may suggest a non-relation, as it has among Maryland Bealls, where my "beels" have been proven to have no relationship to Maryland's "bells", though both are spelled the same.This is despite both families having Alexanders and Williams.
I would suggest being open to the possibility that Norborne Beall, grandfather of Helen, if he pronounced his name "beel", might be no relation to Norborne Booth Beall, descendant of Alexander, if he pronounced his name "bell."Norborne is such an unusual name that it's most likely they are related somehow, but at this point one can't exclude the other possibility, especially with the difference in pronunciation.
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