Researching Charles Schofield
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 16235 people with the Schofield surname? In that year Schofield was ranked number 234 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Charles means "Man, strong" and is of German origin.
Records of Charles Schofield on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Charles Schofield and the Schofield Genealogy
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Some Famous People called Charles Schofield
Charles Schofield
Charles de Veber Schofield (14 July 1871 – 12 July 1936) was an eminent Anglican priest in the first half of the 20th century.
He was educated at Windsor, Nova Scotia and Edinburgh Theological College and ordained deacon in 1897 and priest in 1898. After a curacy at St Mary's, Portsea, Portsmouth he was Rector of Hampton, New Brunswick then Sydney, Nova Scotia. After this he was Dean of Fredericton (1907–1915) and then in 1916 Dean of Columbia, based in Victoria, British Columbia. A year later he became the Bishop of British Columbia, a position he held for twenty years. At some point, he became a Doctor of Divinity.
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