Name derivatives - Bilyeu Bellew Billew Blue
Can anyone provide me with a "state of the art" (or even personal observations) level understanding on the name derivatives found within the family name Bilyeu?As posted in separate messages within this forum our Smelser family continues to see apparent and real connections between all of these name derivatives.And, they all seem plausible derivatives.We see our family associated by proximity or intermarried to the "Bilyeu" family line from Maryland in pre-colonial America to the settlement of Oregon in the 1850's and beyond.That association seems strongest in Miller County and Pulaski County Missouri and Linn County, Oregon.