Researching Barry Nelson
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 14506 people with the Nelson surname? In that year Nelson was ranked number 271 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Barry means "Dweller of the barrier" and is of French origin.
Records of Barry Nelson on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Barry Nelson and the Nelson Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Nelson 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 below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. 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 Nelson family tree.
Search Parish Records for Barry Nelson at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Barry Nelson using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 24232 people with the Nelson surname in the UK? Nelson is now ranked number 212 for popularity in the UK. |
Nelson Family Tree Databases
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Nelson Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 492196 people with the Nelson surname in the USA? Nelson is ranked number 35 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Nelson Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Barry Nelson. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Barry Nelson (rugby league)
Barry Clyde Nelson was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s. He played for the Newtown and Canterbury-Bankstown clubs.
Nelson played five seasons of first grade rugby league with the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs between 1954-1955 and 1959-1961 and is listed as the Bulldogs' player No.196. He spent a year or two captain-coaching in Gilgandra in 1956-57 before returning to the Bulldogs. He represented New South Wales on one occasion in 1959 and finished his career at Newtown Jets for two seasons between 1962 and 1963.
During the 1980s and 1990s, Nelson was club president of the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. He and secretary Peter Moore, oversaw a very successful 1980s, yielding 4 premierships and as a stable committee, oversaw the Bulldogs' success into the 1990s. He was club president from 1982 to 2002.
In the 2002 Queen's Birthday Honours Nelson was awarded the medal of the Order of Australia for "service to Rugby League football, particularly through the Bulldogs League Club".
Nelson died in May 2021.
Source: Barry Nelson (rugby league), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Nelson
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