Researching Dick Shawn
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5 people with the Shawn surname? In that year Shawn was ranked number 3574 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Dick means "form of RICHARD - strong like a ruler, powerful" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Dick Shawn on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Dick Shawn and the Shawn Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Shawn 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 Shawn family tree.
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Shawn Family History Databases
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Shawn Forums
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Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Dick Shawn. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Dick Shawn
Dick Shawn
Dick Shawn (born Richard Schulefand, December 1, 1923 – April 17, 1987) was an American actor and comedian. He played a wide variety of supporting roles and was a prolific character actor. During the 1960s he played small roles in madcap comedies, usually portraying caricatures of counter culture personalities, such as deadbeat son Sylvester Marcus in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), the hippie actor Lorenzo Saint DuBois ("L.S.D.") in The Producers (1967). He also provided the voice of Snow Miser in The Year Without a Santa Claus. Besides his film work, he appeared in numerous television shows from the 1960s through the 1980s.
Source: Dick Shawn, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Shawn
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.
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