Researching Edward Carson
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The name Edward means "Guardian of prosperity" and is of English origin.
Records of Edward Carson on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Edward Carson and the Carson Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Carson 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 Carson family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 8070 people with the Carson surname in the UK? Carson is now ranked number 728 for popularity in the UK. |
Carson Genealogy Databases
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Carson Forums
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Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Edward Carson. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Edward Carson
Edward Carson
Edward Henry Carson, Baron Carson, PC, PC (Ire) (9 February 1854 – 22 October 1935), from 1900 to 1921 known as Sir Edward Carson, was a Scottish-Irish unionist politician, barrister and judge. From 1905 Carson was both the Irish Unionist Alliance MP for the University of Dublin and leader of the Ulster Unionist Council in Belfast. In 1915 he entered the war cabinet of H. H. Asquith as Attorney-General. Carson was defeated in his ambition to maintain Ireland as a whole in union with Great Britain. His leadership, however, was celebrated by some for securing a continued place in the United Kingdom for the six north-eastern counties, albeit under a devolved Parliament of Northern Ireland that neither he nor his fellow unionists had sought. He is also remembered for his open ended cross examination of Oscar Wilde in a legal action that Wilde had brought, but which led to him being gaoled and ruined. Carson unsuccessfully attempted to intercede for Wilde after the case.
Source: Edward Carson, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Carson
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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