Researching Debra Oswald
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1376 people with the Oswald surname? In that year Oswald was ranked number 2266 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Debra means "Form of DEBORAH - a bee" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Debra Oswald on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Debra Oswald and the Oswald Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 1331 people with the Oswald surname in the UK? Oswald is now ranked number 2824 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Oswald surname in the USA? Oswald is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Oswald Databases
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Some Famous People called Debra Oswald
Debra Oswald
Debra Oswald (born 1959) is an Australian writer for film, television, stage, radio and children's fiction. In 2008 her Stories in the Dark won Best Play in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards. She created and was head writer of the Channel 10 drama series Offspring, now on Netflix, for which she won the 2011 NSW Premier's Literary Award and the 2014 AACTA Award for best TV screenplay. Her novel Useful was released in 2015, followed by her novel The Whole Bright Year in 2018, both published by Penguin Random House.
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Other names that sound a bit like Oswald
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