Researching Charles Tennyson
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 106 people with the Tennyson surname? In that year Tennyson was ranked number 3473 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Charles means "Man, strong" and is of German origin.
Records of Charles Tennyson on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Charles Tennyson and the Tennyson Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Tennyson 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 below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. 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 Tennyson family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Charles Tennyson at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Charles Tennyson using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 488 people with the Tennyson surname in the UK? Tennyson is now ranked number 3580 for popularity in the UK. |
Tennyson Family Tree Databases
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Tennyson Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Tennyson surname in the USA? Tennyson is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Tennyson Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Charles Tennyson. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Charles Tennyson
Charles Tennyson (civil servant)
Sir Charles Bruce Locker Tennyson (8 November 1879 – 22 June 1977) was a grandson of the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson, a civil servant, an industrialist, and an academic of his grandfather.
Tennyson was the son of the Hon. Lionel Tennyson and his wife Eleanor Bertha Mary, daughter of Frederick Locker. His father was the younger son of Alfred, Lord Tennyson. He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, where he gained a first in Part I of the Law Tripos and was a Whewell Scholar in 1903. In 1909, he married Ivy Gladys OBE (née Pretious). They had three sons, two of whom were killed during the Second World War:
* Frederick Penrose Tennyson, known as Pen (26 August 1912 – 7 July 1941)* Charles Julian Tennyson (7 February 1915 – 7 March 1945)* Beryl Hallam Augustine Tennyson (10 December 1920 – 21 December 2005), radio producer and father of:** Charles Jonathan Penrose Tennyson (born 11 May 1955), a physicist** Sita Rosalind Joanna Tennyson (born 28 April 1950), social innovator and consultant
He was awarded CMG in the 1915 New Year Honours and knighted in 1945.
Source: Charles Tennyson (civil servant), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Tennyson
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