Researching Bob Mitchell
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 60751 people with the Mitchell surname? In that year Mitchell was ranked number 39 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Bob means "Form of ROBERT - Bright fame" and is of German origin.
Records of Bob Mitchell on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Bob Mitchell 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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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bob Mitchell and the Mitchell Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Mitchell 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 Mitchell family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 78842 people with the Mitchell surname in the UK? Mitchell is now ranked number 44 for popularity in the UK. |
Mitchell Genealogy Databases
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Mitchell Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 486119 people with the Mitchell surname in the USA? Mitchell is ranked number 36 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Mitchell Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Bob Mitchell. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Bob Mitchell
Bob Mitchell (Saskatchewan politician)
Robert Wayne "Bob" Mitchell (November 29, 1936 – November 18, 2016) was a lawyer and former political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Saskatoon Fairview from 1986 to 1999 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a New Democratic Party (NDP) member.
He was born in Preeceville, Saskatchewan in 1936, the son of Charles Stuart Mitchell and Beda Annette Abrahamson, and was educated in Sturgis and at the University of Saskatchewan, where he received a BA in Economics and a LLB. Mitchell articled in Regina and was called to the Saskatchewan bar in 1960. He practised law in Swift Current and Regina. Mitchell's first marriage was to Sharon Diane Gates and the couple had three daughters: Janet, Roberta and Shannon. In 1968, Mitchell married Sandra Gail Stolson and the couple had three daughters; Stephanie, Donna, and Alison. From 1970 to 1974, he served as Director of Legal Services for the federal Department of Regional Economic Expansion and the federal Department of Labour in Ottawa. Mitchell was Deputy Minister of Labour in Saskatchewan from 1974 to 1979. He then practised law in Saskatoon. From 1981 to 1982, he was chief negotiator for the Canadian government for Inuit land claims in the central and eastern Arctic.
Mitchell ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1982 before being elected in 1986. He served in the provincial cabinet as Minister of Human Resources, Labour and Employment, as Provincial Secretary, as Minister of Justice and Attorney General, as Minister of Labour and as Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Skills Training. Mitchell resigned from the Saskatchewan cabinet in 1998 and from the assembly in 1999.
After leaving provincial politics, he became chief negotiator for the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations. In 2004, he was named Chair of the Saskatchewan Public Complaints Commission, which is responsible for investigating complaints against municipal police. He retired from the Commission on October 1, 2014, and was replaced as Chair by Brent Cotter. In 2017, he was posthumously made a member of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit.
Mitchell died in 2016, at the age of 80.
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