Researching Edgar Battle
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 918 people with the Battle surname? In that year Battle was ranked number 2668 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Edgar means "Great spear man" and is of English origin.
Records of Edgar Battle on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Edgar Battle in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Edgar Battle and the Battle Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Battle 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 Battle family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for Edgar Battle at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Edgar Battle using the FreeBMD database.
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Look at the LDS Database for records about Edgar Battle.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1103 people with the Battle surname in the UK? Battle is now ranked number 3012 for popularity in the UK. |
Battle Genealogy Databases
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Look at the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Edgar Battle.
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Look at One Great Family for Battle records submitted by people who are already researching the Battle Family Tree.
Find Edgar Battle from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Battle Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 45574 people with the Battle surname in the USA? Battle is ranked number 142 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Battle Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Edgar Battle. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Edgar Battle
Edgar Battle
Edgar "Puddinghead" Battle (October 3, 1907 – February 6, 1977) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and arranger. He performed on trumpet, trombone, saxophone, and keyboard.
Battle was born in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, into a musical family; his mother played guitar, and his father, bass and piano. He started out on trumpet, playing with J. Neal Montgomery and Harvey Quiggs as a teenager. He formed his own band, the Dixie Serenaders, in 1921, while he was a student at Morris Brown University, and changed the name to Dixie Ramblers a few years later. Around this time he also played with Eddie Heywood, Sr., and toured with the 101 Ranch traveling show. In the 1920s he worked with Gene Coy, Andy Kirk, Blanche Calloway, Ira Coffey, and Willie Bryant. He moved to New York City in the early 1930s and did short stints with Benny Carter and Sam Wooding, before joining George White's ensemble on Broadway. Over time he began doing more work as a studio musician and arranger, writing charts for Cab Calloway, Paul Whiteman, Fats Waller, Earl Hines, Rudy Vallee, and Count Basie.
During World War II, Battle held a position as an electrician in a shipyard, concomitantly running a big band with Shirley Clay. In the 1950s, he founded Cosmopolitan Records, and continued to play in big bands part-time through the 1960s. Among his numerous jazz compositions are the pieces "Topsy" (co-composed with Eddie Durham) and "Doggin' Around" (with Herschel Evans).
Edgar Battle died in New York in February 1977, at the age of 69.
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