Researching Daphne Pirie
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2143 people with the Pirie surname? In that year Pirie was ranked number 1753 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Daphne means "Laurel tree" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Daphne Pirie on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Daphne Pirie and the Pirie Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 3130 people with the Pirie surname in the UK? Pirie is now ranked number 1761 for popularity in the UK. |
Pirie Family History Databases
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Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Daphne Pirie. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Daphne Pirie
Daphne Pirie
Daphne Pirie, MBE AO (née Welch; born 21 December 1931) was a nationally ranked Australian athlete, hockey player, and golfer, and is currently a sports administrator and world-ranked Masters Athlete.
In 1989, Pirie was awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to hockey. She was the first female vice-president of the Queensland Olympic Council and, in 2011, she received the International Olympic Committee Women and Sport trophy for Oceania.
In 2012, Pirie was named a Queensland Great on Queensland Day and was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for her services to sports administration, hockey and as an advocate for women and girls in sport.
Pirie was the founding president for Womensport Queensland and is an inductee in both the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame and Hockey Queensland Hall of Fame. She holds life memberships with Hockey Australia, Women's Hockey Australia and Hockey Queensland and is a board member of the Queensland Academy of Sport and President of the Gold Coast Sporting Hall of Fame.
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