Researching Charles Abbot
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1414 people with the Abbot surname? In that year Abbot was ranked number 2236 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Charles means "Man, strong" and is of German origin.
Records of Charles Abbot on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Charles Abbot and the Abbot Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 384 people with the Abbot surname in the UK? Abbot is now ranked number 3680 for popularity in the UK. |
Abbot Family History Databases
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Abbot Forums
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Miscellaneous Abbot Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Charles Abbot. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Charles Abbot
Charles Greeley Abbot
Charles Greeley Abbot (May 31, 1872 – December 17, 1973) was an American astrophysicist and the fifth secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, serving from 1928 until 1944. Abbot went from being director of the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, to becoming Assistant Secretary, and then Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution over the course of his career. As an astrophysicist, he researched the solar constant, research that led him to invent the solar cooker, solar boiler, solar still, and other patented solar energy inventions.
Source: Charles Greeley Abbot, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Abbot
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.
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