Researching Charles Clough
Dig into the past of Charles Clough using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6686 people with the Clough surname? In that year Clough was ranked number 610 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Charles means "Man, strong" and is of German origin.
Records of Charles Clough on Ancestry
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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. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Clough 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 Clough and the Clough Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Clough 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 Clough family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Charles Clough at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Charles Clough using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Charles Clough.
Research the Clough surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Clough Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 5987 people with the Clough surname in the UK? Clough is now ranked number 998 for popularity in the UK. |
Clough 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.
Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Charles Clough.
Study MyTrees for information on the Clough family and people looking to contact living Clough relations.
Search One Great Family for Clough records submitted by people who are already researching the Clough Family Tree.
Find Charles Clough from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Clough 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 Clough surname using Genealogy.com forums .
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Clough surname in the USA? Clough is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Clough Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Charles Clough. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Charles Clough
Charles Clough (artist)
Charles Sidney Clough (born February 2, 1951 in Buffalo, New York) is an American painter. His art has been exhibited in over 70 solo and over 150 group exhibitions throughout North America and Europe and is included in the permanent collections of over 70 museums, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, and Smithsonian American Art Museum. Clough has received fellowships and grants from the New York State Council on the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
Source: Charles Clough (artist), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Clough
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.
Cael Cahall Cahela Cahil Cahill Cahl Cail Caile Cailey Caille Cailleway Caillou Caiola Calaway Calay Cale Calewe Caley Cali Calio Call Callaghy Callaway Calle Callew Calley Callow Calloway Callway Callwaye Callwayey Calow Caloway Calway Calwe Caughel Caughell Caule Cauley Cawley Cayle Cayleway Caylewe Cayley Caylleway Ceeley Ceely Cehl Celaya Celhay Celia Cell Cella Celle Celli Cello Chahal Chailewai Chaille Chaillou Challa Cheal Cheale Cheel Cheley Chell Chellew Chelley Chile Chill Chilla Chilley Chloe Cilley Claw Clawe Clay Claye Clee Cleh Clehy Cleugh Clew Cloe Clow Cloy Clue Clugh Cly Coal Coale Coelho Coghill Coghille Coheley Coil Coile Coiley Col Colaw Cole Colee Coley Coll Colla Colle Colley Collie Collough Collow Colly Cooil Cool Coole Cooley Coule Coull Cowell Cowely Cowill Cowl Cowle Cowley Cowwell Coyle Cuel Cuell Cuello Cull Cullagh Culley Cullie Cully Culy





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