Researching Charles Cawley
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The name Charles means "Man, strong" and is of German origin.
Records of Charles Cawley on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Charles Cawley 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
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 Cawley ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Charles Cawley and the Cawley Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cawley 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 Cawley family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Charles Cawley at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Charles Cawley using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Charles Cawley.
Research the Cawley surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Cawley Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 3147 people with the Cawley surname in the UK? Cawley is now ranked number 1756 for popularity in the UK. |
Cawley Family Tree 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 Charles Cawley.
Study MyTrees for information on the Cawley family and people looking to contact living Cawley relations.
Study One Great Family for Cawley records submitted by people who are already researching the Cawley Family Tree.
Find Charles Cawley from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Cawley 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 Cawley Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Charles Cawley. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Charles Cawley
Charles Edward Cawley
Charles Edward Cawley (1812 – 9 April 1877) was a British civil engineer and Conservative Party politician.
He was the only son of Samuel Cawley of Goodden House, Middleton, Lancashire and his wife Mary Jones of Packington, Warwickshire. He became involved in Conservative politics and was for many years was an alderman on Salford Borough Council. In 1842 he married Harriet Motley.
Under the Representation of the People Act 1867 the parliamentary borough of Salford was given a second Member of Parliament, and Cawley was elected at the 1868 general election by a small majority. He comfortably retained his seat at the 1874 general election.
Charles Cawley died at his residence in Higher Broughton, near Manchester, in April 1877 aged 64.
Source: Charles Edward Cawley, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cawley
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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