Researching Derek Whitson
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 431 people with the Whitson surname? In that year Whitson was ranked number 3148 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Derek means "Ruler" and is of German origin.
Records of Derek Whitson on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Derek Whitson and the Whitson Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 430 people with the Whitson surname in the UK? Whitson is now ranked number 3635 for popularity in the UK. |
Whitson Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Whitson surname in the USA? Whitson is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Derek Whitson
Derek Whitson
Derek Whitson (born 21 June 1989) is a Canadian ice sledge hockey player.
Whitson was born in Chatham, Ontario in 1989, with cerebral palsy. He joined the Canadian Sledge Hockey Team in 2007 after playing sledge hockey in the Windsor Ice Bullets sledge hockey program. He was a member of the Canadian sledge hockey team that won the silver medal at the 2009 World Sledge Hockey Challenge, as well as the one that competed in the 2010 Winter Paralympics. He was also a member of team who won the gold medal in the 2013 IPC Sledge Hockey World Championships in Korea. Whitson also is a player of football 7-a-side, in which he won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan-American Games in Rio de Janeiro. He is also an avid golfer and artist, in which he has donated pieces of his art to art auctions in support of Canadian athletes.
Source: Derek Whitson, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Whitson
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