Researching Arthur Power
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4010 people with the Power surname? In that year Power was ranked number 1066 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Arthur means "from Latin Artorius, legendary king" and is of Welsh origin.
Records of Arthur Power on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Arthur Power and the Power Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Power Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Power family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 10712 people with the Power surname in the UK? Power is now ranked number 535 for popularity in the UK. |
Power Family Tree Databases
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Study the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Arthur Power.
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Power Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 15191 people with the Power surname in the USA? Power is ranked number 152 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Power Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Arthur Power. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Arthur Power
Arthur Power
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur John Power, (12 April 1889 – 28 January 1960) was a Royal Navy officer. He took part in the First World War as a gunnery officer and saw action in the Dardanelles campaign. During the inter-war years he commanded the gunnery school at and then the aircraft carrier . During the Second World War he played a leading role in the planning for the Allied invasion of Sicily and for the Allied invasion of Italy and then commanded the naval forces for the actual landing of V Corps at Taranto in Italy in September 1943. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief of the East Indies Fleet in the closing stages of the war and conducted naval strikes on the Imperial Japanese Army in Borneo and Malaya. After the War he became Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet and then Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.
Source: Arthur Power, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Power
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