Researching Diahnne Abbott
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 13207 people with the Abbott surname? In that year Abbott was ranked number 302 for popularity in the UK. |
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Records of Diahnne Abbott on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Diahnne Abbott and the Abbott Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Abbott 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 listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. 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 Abbott family tree.
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Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Diahnne Abbott using the FreeBMD database.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 16929 people with the Abbott surname in the UK? Abbott is now ranked number 322 for popularity in the UK. |
Abbott Family History Databases
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Abbott Forums
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 75956 people with the Abbott surname in the USA? Abbott is ranked number 132 for popularity in the USA. |
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Diahnne Abbott. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Diahnne Abbott
Diahnne Abbott
Diahnne Abbott (born January 1, 1945) is an American actress and singer. She played supporting roles in films of the 1970s and 1980s, including Taxi Driver (1976).
Abbott was married to actor Robert De Niro from 1976 to 1988. They had a son, Raphael, who was named after the hotel in Rome where he was conceived. De Niro adopted Drena, Abbott's daughter from a previous marriage. Drena has appeared in several of her father's films, including Showtime (2002), Wag the Dog (1997), City by the Sea (2002) and The Intern (2015). De Niro and Abbott divorced in 1988.
Abbott portrayed the pornographic movie theatre box office clerk in Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976) opposite Robert De Niro. She has a cameo in the 1977 film New York, New York, in which she sings Fats Waller's song, "Honeysuckle Rose".
She also played the object of De Niro's affections in Scorsese's 1983 film, The King of Comedy, as well as roles in the television series Crime Story (the character of Sonia) and the 1986 film Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (Mother). She is the cousin of singer Gregory Abbott, known for his 1986 song "Shake You Down".
Source: Diahnne Abbott, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Abbott
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