Researching Charles Yuill
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The name Charles means "Man, strong" and is of German origin.
Records of Charles Yuill on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Charles Yuill 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
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Charles Yuill and the Yuill Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Yuill 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 Yuill family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Charles Yuill at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Charles Yuill using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Charles Yuill.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 942 people with the Yuill surname in the UK? Yuill is now ranked number 3157 for popularity in the UK. |
Yuill Genealogy Databases
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Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Charles Yuill.
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Find Charles Yuill from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Yuill 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 Yuill Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Charles Yuill. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Charles Yuill
Charles Yuill
Charles Yuill (August 14, 1889 – July 30, 1972) was a butcher shop owner, former Mayor of Barrhead, Alberta and served as a Canadian federal politician from 1953 to 1958. He was born in Calabogie, Ontario.
Yuill began his political career by serving as Mayor of the Village of Barrhead and then Mayor of the Town of Barrhead, Alberta north of Edmonton, Alberta. He campaigned for a seat in the House of Commons of Canada representing the Jasper—Edson riding for the first time in the 1953 federal election, and defeated incumbent Member of Parliament John Welbourn and 2 other candidates to win his first term in office. Yuill was re-elected in the 1957 federal election he won a closely contested race defeating 3 other candidates. Parliament was dissolved almost a full year later and Yuill ran for a 3rd term in the 1958 federal election, but was defeated by Progressive Conservative candidate Hugh Horner. Yuill ran against Horner once more in the 1962 federal election but failed to gain back his seat.
Source: Charles Yuill, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Yuill
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