Researching Austin Corbin
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 590 people with the Corbin surname? In that year Corbin was ranked number 2989 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Austin means "Majestic dignity" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Austin Corbin on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Austin Corbin and the Corbin Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Corbin 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 Corbin family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1109 people with the Corbin surname in the UK? Corbin is now ranked number 3007 for popularity in the UK. |
Corbin Family Tree Databases
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Corbin Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 30382 people with the Corbin surname in the USA? Corbin is ranked number 147 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Corbin Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Austin Corbin. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Austin Corbin
Austin Corbin
Austin Corbin (July 11, 1827 – June 4, 1896) was a 19th-century American banking and railroad entrepreneur. He consolidated the rail lines on Long Island, bringing them under the profitable umbrella of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). He was the owner of Manhattan Beach, a resort in Brooklyn, New York City, from which he barred Jews. He was also the owner of the Sunnyside Plantation in Chicot County, Arkansas, from 1886 to his death in 1896, where he used convict laborers and later brought Italian immigrants to work on the land.
Source: Austin Corbin, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Corbin
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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