Researching Edmund Osler
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 343 people with the Osler surname? In that year Osler was ranked number 3236 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Edmund Osler on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Edmund Osler and the Osler Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 384 people with the Osler surname in the UK? Osler is now ranked number 3680 for popularity in the UK. |
Osler Family History Databases
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Some Famous People called Edmund Osler
Edmund Boyd Osler (Manitoba politician)
Edmund Boyd Osler (21 August 1919 – 1 April 1987) was a Canadian politician and Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada.
He was born in Winnipeg in 1919 and graduated from the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario in 1937, student #2592. He also studied at War Staff College, Royal Canadian Air Force. He served as a Royal Canadian Air Force sergeant pilot and was promoted to squadron leader from 1940 to 1945. Upon retirement, he worked as an insurance executive and writer. He died in Winnipeg in 1987.
He was first elected in the 1968 general election at the Winnipeg South Centre riding and served one term, the 28th Canadian Parliament. Osler left Parliament after his defeat in the 1972 election to A. Daniel McKenzie of the Progressive Conservative party.
E. B. Osler was the author of A Light in the Wilderness (1953) and The Man Who had to Hang Louis Riel (1961) and La Salle (1967). He was the grandson and namesake of the 19th century businessman and politician Edmund Boyd Osler.
Source: Edmund Boyd Osler (Manitoba politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Osler
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