Researching David Leon
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 161 people with the Leon surname? In that year Leon was ranked number 3418 for popularity in the UK. |
The name David means "beloved" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of David Leon on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for David Leon and the Leon Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Leon 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 Leon family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 672 people with the Leon surname in the UK? Leon is now ranked number 3407 for popularity in the UK. |
Leon Genealogy Databases
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Leon Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 54688 people with the Leon surname in the USA? Leon is ranked number 139 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called David Leon
David Ari Leon
David Ari Leon (born December 12, 1967) is an American music supervisor, composer, songwriter and musician. Leon's first professional music credit was in 1990 working with Danny Elfman on the feature film Nightbreed. He is best known for writing and supervising music for Marvel Entertainment on titles including Spider-Man and Incredible Hulk. He is a songwriter on the themes to the Marvel series Avengers and Super Hero Squad, and he composed the main title music to the shows Xyber 9 and Mr. Bill Presents.
Source: David Ari Leon, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
David Camden de Leon
David Camden de Leon (May 6, 1816 – September 2, 1872), known as "the fighting doctor", was born in Camden, South Carolina, of Sephardic Jewish parents, Mordecai Hendricks de Leon, a physician and three-term mayor of Columbia, South Carolina, and Rebecca Lopez de Leon. Edwin de Leon and Thomas Cooper de Leon were his brothers. He received the M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia (where his parents had lived before moving to South Carolina) in 1836. He entered the Army in 1838 as Assistant Surgeon and "served with distinction in the Seminole war". At the beginning of the Mexican War, he went with General Zachary Taylor to the Rio Grande, was present at most of the battles in the campaign toward Mexico, and entered that city when it surrendered. At the battle of Chapultepec he earned the sobriquet of "the Fighting Doctor," as on two occasions led a charge of cavalry after the officer commanding had been killed or wounded. For his distinguished services and for his gallantry in action he twice received the thanks of Congress. He was then assigned to frontier duty, and in 1856 he became surgeon, with the rank of major.
Like most Southern officers in the regular Army, he resigned his commission at the outbreak of the Civil War, forfeiting his opportunity to become U.S. surgeon-general. He was appointed by Jefferson Davis as the head of the Confederacy's medical department, and shortly thereafter acting surgeon-general of the Confederacy. At the close of the war he went with some other Confederate soldiers to Mexico, "vowing never to return to the conquered South until she was free". He soon returned "in disgust" to New Mexico, where he had been stationed for several years, and where he owned property. He continued in practice there until his death. He died in the Hermanas Hospital in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Source: David Camden de Leon, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Leon
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