Researching Burford Sampson
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5109 people with the Sampson surname? In that year Sampson was ranked number 830 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Burford Sampson on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Burford Sampson and the Sampson Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 6702 people with the Sampson surname in the UK? Sampson is now ranked number 897 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Burford Sampson
Burford Sampson
right|thumb|200px|Burford Sampson in 1915Burford Sampson DSO (30 March 1882 – 5 June 1959) was an Australian politician and soldier. Born in Launceston, Tasmania, he was educated at Launceston Grammar School before serving in the military 1899–1901, during the Second Boer War. He remained in Africa, serving with the Rhodesian Mountain Police and farming in South Africa. He returned to Tasmania in 1907 as a farmer. He served in World War I (1914–1918) and was at the landing at Gallipoli, before serving on the Western Front and briefly commanding the 15th Battalion during their final battle around Jeancourt in September 1918. After the war, he became a manager in Launceston. In 1925, he was elected to the Australian Senate as a Nationalist Senator for Tasmania. Sampson served as Chairman of Committees from 1935 to 1938. He was defeated at the 1937 federal election (his term finishing in June 1938), but was re-elected in 1940. He was defeated again in 1946 as a Liberal. Sampson died in 1959.
Source: Burford Sampson, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Sampson
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