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Contents 1 Bilyard Family Tree 1.1 Billiald and Billiard, Billyard 1.2 Direct line of ancestors* to George Oscar Bilyard 1.2.1 Richard Billiald (1) 1.2.1.1 Vital Data 1.2.1.2 Descendants 1.2.2 Richard Henry Billiald (8) 1.2.2.1 Vital Data 1.2.2.2 Descendants 1.2.3 Samuel Billyard (14) 1.2.3.1 Vital Data 1.2.3.2 Descendants 1.2.4 William Bilyard (21) 1.2.4.1 Vital Data 1.2.4.2 Descendants 1.2.5 Samuel Bilyard (29) 1.2.5.1 Vital Data 1.2.5.2 Descendants 1.2.6 George Oscar Bilyard (35) 1.2.6.1 Vital Data 1.2.6.2 Descendants 1.3 Additional Details on Extended Families 1.3.1 More About the Family of William (21) and Mary Ann (Alcock) Bilyard 1.3.2 More About the Family of Samuel Bilyard (29) and Alberta Cox 1.4 Sources

Bilyard Family Tree

by Lynn (Bilyard) Bogard © 2013 ~ updated 2018

Billiald and Billiard, Billyard

Billiald and Billiard, Billyard are surnames that are interchangable

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The Billiald and Billyald surname is in numerous documents in the The National Archives of England, The Nottingham Archives at the University of Nottingham, and The Registers of County of Nottinghamshire, dating as far back as 1605. These Billiard individuals had land deeds and ‘foeffments’, bonds, baptism and christening records, marriages, church reprimands, and burial records in the proximity of Little Markham (Markham Clinton), Milton, and several other small villages in the same area of our known ancestors. Over the coarse of several hundred years the name appears to have evolved from various spellings, but all generally pronounced the same (or nearly so ~ with thanks to Sharon Brown), our common descendant from England, for giving me the pronunciation explanation and other clues that started the search for our earliest Billiard, Billiald, Billyard, Bilyard ancestors in the greater Markham area in Nottinghamshire. My search lead me to the following jackpot!

Methods for studying the Origins and History of Family Names in Britain; Philology meets Statistics in a Multicultural Context

A major new research project in surname studies in Britain called Family Names of the United Kingdom (abbreviated to FaNUK). It was a 4-year project (2010-2014) based at the Bristol Centre for Linguistics in the University of the West of England. The main purpose of the project was to study the etymological origins, history, and geographical distribution of “established” or traditional English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, and Cornish surnames. The following is an excerpt from an analysis of old family names in England that appear to have remained for several hundred years within a small region of their origin. Our name was one of seven in the report. Billyeald, Billyard, and Billard The next three names have not been explained in any of the dictionaries dealing with English surnames. Billyeald appears as an entry in the FaNUK database with 120 examples of name-bearers in the 1997 Electoral Register. It reminded McClure of a medieval surname collected from the subsidy rolls of Nottinghamshire, Bilhold or Bilyald, which occurs in the 1327 and 1332 assessments for East Markham, and is a Norman French form of the Continental Germanic feminine personal name Bilihildis. Is this Nottinghamshire byname the source of the modern surname? Archer’s 1881 census map identifies 57 name- bearers, 35 in Nottinghamshire, 14 in neighbouring Derbyshire, and 8 in Kent. In the IGI database, Billyeald and its spelling variants also occur most numerously in Nottinghamshire, especially in East and West Markham. Its continuity in the same locality over at least 600 years is remarkable but not unusual: as we mentioned earlier, surnames still tend to cluster near their origin, and this is a striking case. Its appearance in other counties is easily attributable to the migration of family members in the late medieval and post-medieval periods, though of course we cannot be sure of this without support from genealogical research or from genetic testing of current male name-bearers.

The surname preceding Billyeald in the FaNUK database is Billyard. It looks identical to the French surname Billiard, which is from the Continental Germanic feminine name Biligardis. However, the Census and IGI data suggest that it is a variant of Billyeald. There are 31 bearers of the name in the 1881 census, and more than half of them are to be found in Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Yorkshire West Riding. The IGI records Billiard in East and West Markham (the heartland of Billyeald), and that it appears to be an alias of Billiald in Swinderby, Sheffield and Cannock. Another probable variant is Billard. On the face of it, it might be a patronymic from Old English Bilheard or its Continental Germanic cognate Bilihard, but over half of the 73 name-bearers in the 1881 census occur in a small area of south Yorkshire and north-west Nottinghamshire, and some of those recorded with this name in the nineteenth-century IGI lists are in the same parishes as Billyeald and Billyard. This data illustrates the way in which apparently philologically distinct names can be shown to be variants of the same one by paying close attention to distributional and family-historical data.

From L. Larsson and S. Nyström (eds.), Facts and Findings on Personal Names: Some European Examples. Proceedings of an International Symposium in Uppsala, October 20–21, 2011. Uppsala: Acta Acadamiæ Regiæ Scientiarum Upsaliensis (Kungl. Vetenskapssamhällets Handlingar), 37–58. Patrick Hanks University of the West of England, Peter McClure University of Hull

Other research revealed numerous Billiald/Billiard/etc birth records, christenings, marriages, deaths, and legal deeds within 10 miles of East Markham. A chart found in my Bilyard portfolio has been started to organize this data and is a work in progress.

Direct line of ancestors* to George Oscar Bilyard

(Note: An * next to a name indicates a direct line of descendancy) (This is my original account of the Bilyard line down to my father Donald Robert Bilyard. In Feb. 2018 it came to my knowledge that Don was not the child of George Oscar, husband of his mother Georgia. I have left this tree intact for now, as it reflects the family that raised him, especially his Aunt Myrtle and Uncle Bill Normandin, who cared for Georgia’s children Evelyn, Norman, and Don during the summers in Bradley, Illinois).

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Richard Billiald (1)

Vital Data

• b. 1725
• d.
• m. 7/27/1746
  • Smith, Martha
    • b.
    • d.

Descendants

• Children of Richard Billiald (1) and Martha (Smith) Billiald:

1. ) Robert Billiald (2); b.
2. ) Thomas Billiald (3); b.
3. ) Elizabeth Billiald (4); b. 8/24/1746 at East Markham, Nottinghamshire, England
4. ) (William Billiald) (5); b. 9/19/1748; not in Sharon’s information
5. ) Martha Billiald (6); b. 6/24/1750 at East Markham, Nottinghamshire, England
6. ) Ann Billiald (7); b. 4/10/1752 at East Markham, Nottinghamshire, England
7. ) Richard Henry Billiald* (8); b. 7/31/1754 at East Markham, Nottinghamshire, England
8. ) John Billiald (9); b. 5/7/1756 at East Markham, Nottinghamshire, England

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Richard Henry Billiald (8)

Vital Data

• b. 7/31/1754 at Gramson near East Markham, Nottinghamshire, England
• d. 7/1848 at East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England
• m. (three times)
  • Eleanor Hutton; m. before 3/1781
    • b.
    • d.
  • Hannah Taylor, m. 8/3/1789 at West Markham, Nottinghamshire, England
    • b. 7/2/1769 at West Markham, Nottinghamshire, England
    • d. ~1793 at West Markham, Nottinghamshire, England
  • Martha Burnham; m. 8/31/1798 at West Markham, Nottinghamshire, England
    • b.
    • d.

Descendants

• Children of Richard Henry Billiald (8) and Eleanor (Hutton) Billiald:

1. ) Richard Billiald (10); b. 12/25/1781 at East Markham, Nottinghamshire, England
2. ) John Billiald (11); b. 4/24/1782 at East Markham, Nottinghamshire, England
3. ) Sarah Billiald (12); b. ~1783
4. ) William Billiald (13); b. 6/16/1784 at East Markham, Nottinghamshire, England

• Children of Richard Henry Billiald (8) and Hannah (Taylor) Billiald:

1. ) Samuel Billiald* (14); b. 10/31/1790 at East Markham, Nottinghamshire, England
2. ) George Billiald (15); b./d. ~1793

• Children of Richard Henry Billiald (8) and Martha (Burnam) Billiald:

1. ) Martha Billiald (16); b. 8/271799 at West Markham, Nottinghamshire, England
2. ) Abram Billiald (17); b. 12/8/1800 at West Markham, Nottinghamshire, England
3. ) Thomas Billiald (18); b. 1/11/1802 at West Markham, Nottinghamshire, England

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Samuel Billyard (14)

Vital Data

Surname spelling variation from Billiald occurred around 1800

• b. ~1790 at Markham, Nottinghamshire, England
• d. Feb. 12, 1875 at Markham, Nottinghamshire, England
• m. 11/24/1812 at West Markham, Nottingham, England
  • Mary Booth
    • b. 1789
    • d. 1830 buried 2/1/1830 at East Markham, Nottingham, England

Descendants

• Children of Samuel Bilyard and Mary (Booth) Bilyard:

Christening information from familysearch.org Batch CO5527-1

1. ) John Bilyard (19); b. ~1813 c. 7/4/1813 at East Markham, Nottingham, England; m. Ruth Otter; Sarah Ashmoor; Susana
2. ) Richard Bilyard (20); b. 10/1/1815; m. Elizabeth Turner 1836.
3. ) William Bilyard (21) *; b. 1/10/1818; c. 1/18/1818 at East Markham, Nottingham, England
4. ) Martha Bilyard (22); c. 2/19/1821 at East Markham, Nottingham, England
5. ) Abraham Bilyard (23); c. 10/8/1826; d. 5/8/1826 at East Markham, Nottingham, England

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William Bilyard (21)

Spelling variations: England Billyard; emigration manifest Billiard; IL Bilyard

Vital Data

• b. 2/10/1816 at East Markham, Nottinghamshire, England
• d. 2/10/1889 at Rockville Twp, Deselm, Kankakee Co.,IL
• m. May 17, 1847; Newark June qtr, 1847- document in file
  • Mary Anne Alcock (Allcock), Daughter of Samuel and Mary Anne (Starkes) or Hannah # CO5527-1
    • b. 12/2/1827 Sutton-on-Trent (or Mansfield), Nottingham
    • d. 8/13/1914 Rockville Twp, Deselm, Kankakee Co.,IL

William listed as Head of Household March 30, 1851 in Ordsall, Nottingham.

William and Mary Anne & children John & Mary Anne emigrated to United States on June 10, 1852 aboard the ship Guy Mannering (Photo copy); family lived in New York state and moved to Kankakee County, Illinois where they homesteaded. William was an “agricultural labourer” before leaving England.

William claimed a variety of ages in several census records. The name was misspelled BYLIARD in the Avon, Livingston Co., NY 1860 census.

Descendants

• Children of William Bilyard (21) and Mary Anne (Alcock) Bilyard: {Note: more details on this generation follows below.}

1. ) Mary Anne Bilyard (24); b. ~1850 at Trumpton, Nottinghamshire, England; d. at Kankakee Co., IL.
2. ) John Thomas Bilyard (25); b. 4/18/1852 at East Markham, Nottingham, England; d. 1919 atRockville, Kankakee, IL; buried Deselm Cemetery.
3. ) William Bilyard (26); b. 3/1855 at Avon, Livingston Co., New York; d. at Webster, IA.
4. ) Charlotte E. Bilyard (27); b. ~1858 at Avon, Livingston Co., New York; d. (?? A Charlotte Bilyard located in Ontario Canada).
5. ) George Bilyard (28); b. 1860 at Avon, Livingston Co., New York; d. ____.
6. ) Samuel Bilyard (29)*; b. 9/19/1862 at Avon, Livingston Co., New York; d. 4/4/1915 at Deselm, Kankakee Co., IL; buried Deselm Cemetery.
7. ) Sarah Frances Bilyard (30); b. 3/16/1865 at Rockville, Kankakee Co., Illinois; d. c. 1882; buried Deselm Cemetery.
8. ) Fred Bilyard (31); b. 1/1871 at Kankakee Co., Illinois; d. 10/30/1941at Bradley Village, Kankakee. IL

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Samuel Bilyard (29)

Vital Data

• b. 9/19/1862 at New York
• d. 4/4/1915 at Deselm, Kankakee Co., IL
• m.
  • Cox, Alberta
    • b. 1863; Kankakee Co., IL
    • d. 1929; Deselm, Kankakee Co., IL

Descendants

• Children of Samuel Bilyard (29) and Alberta (Cox) Bilyard: {Note: more details on this generation follows below.}

1. ) Oliver Bilyard (32); b. 3/1/1884; d. 7/18/1954
2. ) Myrtle Bilyard (33); b. 7/14/1889 ; d. 11/1/1966
3. ) Earl Lyman Bilyard (34); b. 8/8/1891; d. 1/10/1942
4. ) George Oscar Bilyard (35)*; b. 10/13/1892; d. 7/8/1920
5. ) Howard Samuel Bilyard (36); b. 6/21/1899; d.12/7/1931
6. ) Dorothy Bilyard (37); b. 12/25/1906; d. 3/28/1988

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George Oscar Bilyard (35)

Vital Data

• b. 10/13/1892 at Kankakee Co., IL
• d. 7/8/1920 at Bradley, Kankakee Co., IL Mt. Grove Cem.
• m. 5/15/1911 at Cook Co., Chicago, IL
  • Saum, Georgiana
    • b. 11/25/1892 at Omaha, NE
    • d. 11/19/1960 at Englewood, CO. buried in the Littleton Cemetery.

Descendants

• Children of George Oscar Bilyard (35) and Georgiana (Saum) Bilyard:

1. ) Evelyn Bilyard (38); b. 6/15/1913 at Chicago, IL.; d. 4/29/1980 at Dolton, IL.
2. ) Norman Bilyard (39); b. 9/23/1915 at Chicago, IL.; d. 12/7/1996 at Brandon, FL
3. ) Donald R. Bilyard (40)*; b. 6/7/1919 at Chicago, IL.; d. 4/26/1999 at Loveland, CO.
4. ) Joan Sharp Bilyard (41); b. 1933; adopted by Elmer P. ‘Dan’ Sharp/Georgia; d. 3/8/2015 at Foresthills, IL.; buried Holy Sepulchre Cem, Alsip, Cook Co.,

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Additional Details on Extended Families

More About the Family of William (21) and Mary Ann (Alcock) Bilyard

1. ) William Bilyard (21); b. 2/10/1816 at East Markham, Nottinghamshire, England; d. 2/10/1889 at Rockville Twp, Deselm, Kankakee Co.,IL.; m. May 17, 1847 Mary Anne Alcock (Allcock)
2. ) Mary Anne Alcock (Allcock): b. 12/2/1827 at Sutton-on-Trent (or Mansfield), Nottingham; d. 8/13/1914 Rockville Twp, Deselm, Kankakee Co.,IL
   1. ) Children of William Bilyard (21) and Mary Anne (Alcock) Bilyard:
      1. ) Mary Anne Bilyard (24); b. ~1850 at Trumpton, Nottinghamshire, England; d. at Kankakee Co., IL.
      2. ) John Thomas Bilyard (Billiard) (25); b. 4/18/1852 at East Markham, Nottingham, England; d. 1919 at Rockville, Kankakee, IL; buried Deselm Cemetery. Married, 7/1/1875 at Kankakee, IL. Eunice Louisa Johnson (‘Unis’ 1900 census). Eunice was born 5/1857 at NY; d. 12/31/1939 at Kankakee Co., IL.
         1. ) Children of John Thomas Bilyard and Eunice (Johnson) Bilyard:
            1. ) Cora Jane (42); b. ~1879; d. ____; m. Jesse Shear.
            2. ) Ellen Louise “Lelia” Bilyard (43); b. 8/1883; d. ____
            3. ) William Bilyard (44); b. 2/9/1886; d. 3/1971
            4. ) John Fred Bilyard (45); b. 2/1891 - d. 7/30/1949 at Will Co., IL); m. 11/27/1913 at Kankakee, IL Anna L. Kuzell
            5. ) Frank Bilyard (46); b. 1/3/1894; d. 7/30/1965.
               1. ) Child of Frank Bilyard:
                  1. ) Alwin Bilyard (56); b. 8/30/1920; d. 6/25/1977: m. Wilma Jo Ohlmes
            6. ) Walter McKinley Bilyard (xx); b. 9/26/1896: d. 8/1964: m. Stella Ann Flint 11/8/1922 at Kankakee, IL.
            7. ) Amelia Bilyard (47); b. 2/1899: d.____.
            8. ) Alvin Bilyard (48); b. ~1901; d. ____; m. Elva Bradley (father Stephen Bradley, mother Ida Wilcox)
      3. ) William Bilyard (26); b. 3/1855 at Avon, Livingston Co., New York; d. at Webster, IA.; m. 1877 at IL. Rosina Mary Darr “Rosa.” Rosina Darr b. 6/1854.
         1. ) Children of William Bilyard and Rosina (Darr) Bilyard:
            1. ) Willas A. Bilyard (49); b. ~6/879 Webster, IA
            2. ) Grace (Clara M.) Bilyard (50); b. 10/1881 Webster, IA
            3. ) Stella E. Bilyard (51); b. 6/1884
            4. ) Hattie Bilyard (52); b. 6/1887; d. 10/17/1991 at Stratford, Hamilton Co., IA
            5. ) Elva Bilyard (53); b. 11/1890; d. 3/1967 at Dayton, IA
            6. ) Elsie Bilyard (54); b. 11/1890; d. 1982
      4. ) Bilyard, Charlotte (27); (there is a Charlotte Bilyard located in Ontario, Canada who was:) b. 1858; d.____.
      5. ) Bilyard, George (28); b. 1860; d.____
      6. ) Bilyard, Samuel (29); b. 9/19/1862 at Avon, Livingston Co., New York,d. 4/4/1915 Deselm, Kankakee Co., IL.; m. Alberta Cox, b. 1863 at Kankakee Co., IL.; d. 1929 at Deselm, Kankakee Co., IL
         1. ) Children of Samuel Bilyard and Alberta Cox: (***More information given this generation on next page)
            1. ) Oliver Bilyard (32); b. 3/1/1884 d. 7/181884
            2. ) Myrtle Bilyard (33); b. 7/14/1889 d. 11/1/1966
            3. ) Earl L. Bilyard (34); b. 8/1891 d. 1/10/1942
            4. ) George Oscar* Bilyard (35); b. 10/13/1892 d. 7/8/1920
            5. ) Howard Bilyard (36); b. 6/1899 d.12/7/1831
            6. ) Dorothy Bilyard (37); b. 12/25/1906 d. 3/28/1988
      7. ) Sarah Frances (30); b. 3/16/1865 at Rockville, Kankakee Co., Illinois; d. c. 1882; buried Deselm Cemetery.
      8. ) Fred Bilyard (31); b. 1/1871 at IL.; d. 10/30/1941 at Bradley Village, Kankakee Co., IL.; m. Ella / Mary Ellen at IL. Mary Ellen b. 10/1875
         1. ) Children of Fred and Mary Ellen Bilyard:
            1. ) William Fred (55); b. 8/19/1895 at Rockville Tsp, Bourbonnais, IL; d. 5/9/1963 Greene Co., Arkansas.

More About the Family of Samuel Bilyard (29) and Alberta Cox

Evelyn, Norman, and Don Bilyard’s Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles, and cousins

1. ). Samuel Bilyard (29) married Alberta Cox, daughter of Jacob and Eliza Cox; listed as Sanford, plow salesman, in 1900 census Bradley Twp, Kankakee Co., IL
   1. ) Samuel Bilyard; b. 9/19/1862 @ New York; d. 4/4/1915 at Deselm, Kankakee Co., IL
   2. ) Alberta Cox, wife of Samuel; 1863 at Kankakee Co., IL, d. 1929
   3. ) Children of Samuel and Alberta (Don’s Uncles and Aunts and their children):
      1. ) Oliver Bilyard (32) (3/1/1884 - 7/18/1954); m 5/21/1911 Maude Grove (8/7/1887 - 2/6/1978), daughter of David C. Grove and Henrietta Downs.
      2. ) Myrtle Bilyard (33) (7/14/1889 - 11/1/1966) married 12/6/1910 Bill Normandin (b. 2/21/1887 - d. 12/1962).
         1. ) Child of Bill and Myrtle Normandin:
            1. ) Dorothy Normandin (57); b. 1930; d. 3/28/88; married Bernard Kohan; who was b. 10/26/1929; d. 8/29/2000.
      3. ) Earl Lyman Bilyard (34) (b. 1891 - d. 1942), married 9/1/1914 Clara Rebecca Henry, daughter of Benj Henry and Sophia Frease (b. 1895 - d. 1973).
         1. ) Children of Earl Lyman Bilyard (34) and Clara Rebecca (Henry) Bilyard:
            1. ) Fern Bilyard (58); b. 1916; d. 1924.
            2. ) Larue Bilyard (59);
            3. ) Helen Bilyard (60);
      4. ) George Oscar Bilyard (34) (b. 6/15/1913 Chicago - d. 4/29/80 Dolton IL) married Georgia (Georgiana) Saum (b. 4/3/1908 - d. 7/1978)
         1. ) Children of George Oscar Bilyard (34) and Georgia (Georgiana) Saum:
            1. ) Evelyn Bilyard (38); m. Carl Burman
            2. ) Norman Bilyard (39) (b. 9/23/1915 at Chicago - d. 12/7/1996 at Brandon FL)
            3. ) Donald Robert Bilyard (40); (b. 6/7/1919 Chicago IL - d. 4/26/1999 Loveland CO.) married April 16, 1943 at Colorado Springs, CO Abby Eloise Walters (b. 5/20/1923 of Trenton NB - d. ____)
         2. ) Georgia (Georgiana) Saum Bilyard married second Elmer P. “Dan” Sharp. Children of Elmer and Georgia Sharp:
            1. ) Joan Sharp (41); b. 1933; d. ____; m. Ed Bulow at IL. Adopted by Georgia and Elmer P. (Dan) Sharp, Georgia’s second husband
         3. ) Howard Bilyard (36); b. 6/21/1899; d.12/7/1931; m. Juanita Klar. Juanita Klar b. 3/29/1904; d. 10/28/1977.
         4. ) Child of Howard and Juanita (Klar) Bilyard:
            1. ) Phyllis Bilyard Bilyard (61);
         5. ) Dorothy Bilyard (37); b. 12/25/1906; d. 3/28/1988.

Sources

• New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957; [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Year: 1852; Arrival: New York, New York, USA; Microfilm Serial: M237, 1820-1897; Line: 50; List Number: 695. Guy Mannering Ship Manifest; image 4 of 15; William and wife Mary Ann Billiard; Guy Mannering Ship Manifest; image 5 of 15; Children Mary Ann (2), and John (0) Billiard. Arrived New York, June 10, 1852

• Marriage record entries for William Billyard and Mary Anne Alcock; June Quarter Nottinghamshire 1847.

• New York, U.S., Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890; [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1999. 1860 Census Avon, Livingston County, New York; family of William and Mary A. Byliard

• 1870 United States Federal Census; [Ancestry.com. database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Year: 1870; Census Place: Bourbonnais, Kankakee, Illinois; Roll: M593_238; Page: 36A; Family History Library Film: 545737.

• 1880 United States Federal Census; [Ancestry.com database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. 1880 U.S. Census Index provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints © Copyright 1999 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. All use is subject to the limited use license and other terms and conditions applicable to this site. 1880; Census Place: Rockville, Kankakee, Illinois; Roll: 219; Page: 47A; Enumeration District: 018.

• Descendants of Richard Billiard in North America.