Researching Charles Curran
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2508 people with the Curran surname? In that year Curran was ranked number 1556 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Charles means "Man, strong" and is of German origin.
Records of Charles Curran on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Charles Curran and the Curran Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Curran 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 Curran family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Charles Curran at Find My Past.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Charles Curran.
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Curran Family Tree Databases
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Curran Forums
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Miscellaneous Curran Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Charles Curran. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Charles Curran
Charles Howard Curran
Charles Howard Curran (20 March 1894 – 23 January 1972) was a Canadian entomologist who specialised in Diptera.
From 1922 to 1928 he worked as a specialist service in Diptera Entomology of Canada. In 1928, he was hired by the American Museum of Natural History as Assistant Curator and, from 1947 until his retirement in 1960, as Curator of Insects and Spiders. In 1931, he donated his collection to that institution: it has 10,000 specimens representing about 1,700 species including 400 types. He received in 1933 a Doctorate of Science at the University of Montreal with a thesis entitled The Families and Genera of North American Diptera. He was vice-president of the New York Entomological Society in 1936, president the following year.
Source: Charles Howard Curran, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Curran
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