Researching David Dane
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 659 people with the Dane surname? In that year Dane was ranked number 2921 for popularity in the UK. |

The name David means "beloved" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of David Dane on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for David Dane and the Dane Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Dane 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 Dane family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 759 people with the Dane surname in the UK? Dane is now ranked number 3326 for popularity in the UK. |
Dane Family Tree Databases
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Dane Forums
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Miscellaneous Dane Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on David Dane. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called David Dane
David Dane
David Maurice Surrey Dane, MRCS CRCP MB Bchir MRCP MRCPath FRCPath FRCP (25 March 1923 – 9 April 1998) was a pre-eminent British pathologist and clinical virologist known for his pioneering work in infectious diseases including poliomyelitis and the early investigations into the efficacy of a number of vaccines. He is particularly remembered for his strategic foresight in the field of blood transfusion microbiology, particularly in relation to diseases that are spread through blood transfusion.
Through his research, Dane was instrumental in developing and producing robust and sensitive reagents for the screening of blood donors in the UK blood transfusion services. This greatly reduced the risk of post-transfusion hepatitis. Dane’s interest in developments in transfusion microbiology enabled him to advise on important public health decisions from the 1960s right up until his death in 1998.
During the later part of his professional career he and his Department of Virology at the Middlesex Hospital Medical School where renowned for diagnostic precision irrespective of whether this involved dated technology, for example immunodiffusion (ID) or complement fixation tests (CFT), or state-of-the-art technology including radioimmunoassay (RIA) and electron microscopy (EM). Whatever investigations were carried out were expected to be precise, accurate, reproducible and of clinical relevance.
Source: David Dane, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Dane
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
Daane Daen Dagneau Dahm Dahme Dahonny Dain Daine Damba Dame Dami Damm Dammy Damo Dan Dana Danahey Daneau Daney Dani Dania Daniau Dann Danna Danne Danniau Dannie Dano Dany Danyi Danyow Daum Dauma Daunay Dauney Dawn Dawnay Dawney Dayna Dayne De_nauw Deam Dean Deane Deano Deaon Deehan Deem Deen Deeney Deeny Dehaan Dehan Dehaney Dehm Dehn Dehoney Dehonney Dehonny Deighan Demaio Demay Demby Deme Demo Den Dene Deneau Deney Denio Denn Denne Dennehy Denney Dennie Denny Deny Deon Dewan Dewane Dewen Dewin Dewinne Diamo Diana Diani Diano Diehm Diehn Diem Dieno Dimeo Dimmne Dina Dine Dinn Dion Dionne Dna Doan Doane Doen Doheny Dohm Dohme Dohn Dom Domb Dome Domm Domney Don Donagh Donaghe Donaghey Donaghie Donaghy Donahay Donahie Donaho Donahoe Donahoo Donahue Donaway Donay Done Doneghy Doney Doni Donihoo Donn Donna Donnay Donne Donno Dono Donoghue Donoho Donohoe Donohue Doohan Doom Doon Doone Dooney Doughan Douhan Doun Doune Dowen Dowhan Down Downe Downey Downie Doyen Doyne Doyon Duane Duenow Duhaime Duhaine Duham Duhme Duhon Dumm Dun Dunaway Dunay Dunihue Dunn Dunnaway Dunne Dunow Duny Dwan Dwane Dwine Dwn Dwnn Dyne Dyon





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