Researching Edward Abel
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1929 people with the Abel surname? In that year Abel was ranked number 1876 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Edward means "Guardian of prosperity" and is of English origin.
Records of Edward Abel on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Edward Abel and the Abel Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Abel 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 Abel family tree.
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Research the Abel surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Abel Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 2562 people with the Abel surname in the UK? Abel is now ranked number 2025 for popularity in the UK. |
Abel Family History Databases
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Abel Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 21268 people with the Abel surname in the USA? Abel is ranked number 150 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Abel Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Edward Abel. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Edward Abel
Edward Abel (born 30 January 1988) is an English first-class cricketer. Abel is a left-handed batsman who bowls slow left-arm orthodox. He was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Abel made his debut for Wiltshire in the 2005 Minor Counties Championship against Oxfordshire and in that same season he made his MCCA Knockout Trophy debut against Buckinghamshire. He later attended Oxford Brookes University, while studying there he made his first-class debut for Oxford UCCE against Middlesex. He made two further appearances for Oxford UCCE in 2008 and another in 2009, before making a final first-class appearance for the team, which was now called Oxford MCCU following a change in name for the 2010 season. His final appearance came against Northamptonshire, in which he made his only first-class fifty with a score of 60. In his previous four first-class matches, Abel scored 94 runs at an average of 23.50, with a high score of 27 not out.
Abel continued to play for Wiltshire during this period, making a total of twenty Minor Counties Championship appearances from 2005 to 2010, and from 2005 to 2008 he made eight MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances.
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