Researching Edgar Vos
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 40 people with the Vos surname? In that year Vos was ranked number 3539 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Edgar means "Great spear man" and is of English origin.
Records of Edgar Vos on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Edgar Vos and the Vos Family History
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Check out the LDS Database for records about Edgar Vos.
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Vos Family History Databases
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Vos Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Vos surname in the USA? Vos is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Vos Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Edgar Vos. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Edgar Vos
Edgar Vos
Edgar Vos (5 July 1931 – 13 January 2010) was a Dutch fashion designer.
Vos was born in Makassar in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) in 1931. He studied fashion at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.
He started a chain of fifteen boutique clothing stores known as Edgar Vos Boutiques.
Vos died of a heart attack while holidaying in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, a day after being admitted to a hospital suffering from what is suspected to have been pneumonia. He was 78.
He is survived by his partner, Geert Eijsbouts.
Source: Edgar Vos, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Vos
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