Records of Bernard Stewart on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Bernard Stewart in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bernard Stewart and the Stewart Family History

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Stewart 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 Stewart family tree.

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Stewart Genealogy Databases

Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.

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Stewart Forums

There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.

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Miscellaneous Stewart Databases

Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Bernard Stewart. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

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Some Famous People called Bernard Stewart

Bernard Denis Stewart

Bernard Denis Stewart D.D., B.A., LL.B. (2 August 1900 – 15 October 1988) was the Bishop of Sandhurst, Victoria (Australia).

Stewart was born at Essendon, Victoria to Ronald and Rose Stewart. He had six brothers, who were enrolled at the same school, and one sister. He attended St. Columba's Primary school, Essendon before moving to St. Joseph's Christian Brothers' College North Melbourne where he was a pupil between 1909 and 1916. Stewart was a very talented student, fair sportsman and football player. While at school he achieved Dux of College in both 1915 and 1916. He sat for and passed the Senior Public Service Exam in 1916 and entered the Federal Public Service the following year.

Studying part-time, under a Newman Scholarship, Stewart was awarded the Bachelor of Arts in 1920 and the Bachelor of Laws in 1922. Under the sponsorship of Archbishop Daniel Mannix, Stewart travelled to Rome where he began his studies for the priesthood. He was ordained in 1929 and in 1930 returned to Australia where he worked in a variety of Parishes prior to the Second World War.

Between 1939 and 1944 Stewart served as chaplain to the Citizen Military Forces (CMF) at home, predominantly in Melbourne.

Stewart was made coadjutor bishop on 11 February 1947 and Bishop of Sandhurst on 18 August 1950, a post he retained until 1979. As bishop he pursued conservative policies and there was a notable altercation with Prime Minister, Gough Whitlam. Stewart died at Bendigo in 1988.

Source: Bernard Denis Stewart, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Stewart

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