Researching Bryan Matthews
Explore the detail of Bryan Matthews using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 26123 people with the Matthews surname? In that year Matthews was ranked number 121 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Bryan means "Form of BRIAN - strong" and is of Celtic origin.
Records of Bryan Matthews on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Bryan Matthews in your family tree. With over 30 billion records and 100 million family trees to search, Ancestry is one of the key websites to visit to help you trace your family tree back in time. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
| Country Collection | |
|---|---|
 |
Ancestry.com Global records search results for Bryan Matthews. |
 |
Ancestry.com US records search results for Bryan Matthews. |
|
Ancestry.co.uk UK records search results for Bryan Matthews. |
 |
Ancestry.ca Canadian records search results for Bryan Matthews. |
 |
Ancestry.com.au Australian records search results for Bryan Matthews. |
DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Matthews ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
Have you reached a brick wall in your Matthews Tree?
Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bryan Matthews and the Matthews Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Matthews 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 Matthews family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Bryan Matthews at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Bryan Matthews using the FreeBMD database.
Look at Genealogy Bank for Bryan Matthews records.
Look at MyHeritage for Bryan Matthews information.
Look at the LDS Database for records about Bryan Matthews.
Research the Matthews surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Matthews Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 47587 people with the Matthews surname in the UK? Matthews is now ranked number 88 for popularity in the UK. |
Matthews 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.
Check out the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Bryan Matthews.
Study MyTrees for information on the Matthews family and people looking to contact living Matthews relations.
Search One Great Family for Matthews records submitted by people who are already researching the Matthews Family Tree.
Find Bryan Matthews from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Matthews 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.
Research the Matthews surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 170142 people with the Matthews surname in the USA? Matthews is ranked number 101 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Matthews Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Bryan Matthews. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Bryan Matthews
Bryan Matthews
Sir Bryan Harold Cabot Matthews, (14 June 1906 – 23 July 1986) was Professor of Physiology, Cambridge University 1952–1973, Emeritus professor thereafter and Life Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.
Matthews was educated at Clifton College and King's College, Cambridge where he took a degree in Physiology and became a research student of Edgar D. Adrian, working with him, and later with Donald Henry Barron on the recording of single nerve impulses. He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society in 1940 for his foundational work on electro-encephalography, but later moved into the study of high altitude physiology and aviation medicine.
He was a fellow of King's College from 1929, onwards and was appointed Director of Studies in Medicine in 1932. During the Second World War he was the appointed the head of the Royal Air Force's Physiological Research Unit, followed by a short-term position as the head of the RAF Institute of Aviation Medicine (1944-6). Matthews returned to Cambridge and succeeded Adrian as the professor of Physiology from 1952, until his retirement in 1973.
Matthews married Rachel Eckhard, who has been a research student in the laboratory where he was an undergraduate, having two daughters and a son (Peter Matthews, who became a Professor of Physiology in Oxford). The marriage was later dissolved and he remarried Audrey Stewart.
Matthews' elder brother was the zoologist Leonard Harrison Matthews and his uncle the chemical scientist Lt-Col Edward Frank Harrison, inventor of the first serviceable gas mask.
Source: Bryan Matthews, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Matthews
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.
Madawg Maddas Maddeaux Maddick Maddicks Maddix Maddock Maddocks Maddox Maddux Madej Madejski Mades Madog Madouse Madsoe Maides Matas Mateescu Mateiko Matej Mateja Matejka Mateos Mates Mateska Mateus Mathes Mathewes Mathews Mathias Mathies Mathis Mathouse Mathues Mathys Matias Matic Matis Matisse Matos Matosky Matous Matsie Matsko Mattack Mattacks Mattaus Matteacci Matteis Mattek Mattes Matteucci Matteuzzi Matthaus Mattheis Matthes Mattheus Matthewes Mattheys Matthias Matthies Matthijs Matthis Matthius Matthys MattiCCI Mattiacci Mattias Mattiassi Mattiazzi Mattiazzo Mattice Mattijs Mattis Mattiussi Mattiuzzi Mattix Mattke Mattock Mattocks Mattos Mattox Matts Mattucci Mattucks Mattys Mattyse Matus Matuska Matussow Matwas Matyas Matyja Matys Matz Matza Matzke Matzz Mautz Mawtus Meades Meadows Meads Meadus Meates Meats Meddick Meddis Meddock Meddows Medici Medis Medows Meeds Meetze Metaxa Metje Metke Mets Metts Metz Metzka Metzke Miatke Midas Middas Middis Midduck Miotke Mitksch Mittice Mittiga Mitts Mitzi Moats Modeki Modica Modick Modix Moots Mootz Motes Moticka Motika Motsch Mottos Motts Motycka Motyka Motz Motzko Muddock Muddox Mudeca Mudica Mudika Muetz Mutke Muttock Muttox Mutz
Comments
Looking for information on a Bryan Matthews in your family tree? Why not post a question here -