Researching Edward Salt
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4450 people with the Salt surname? In that year Salt was ranked number 953 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Edward means "Guardian of prosperity" and is of English origin.
Records of Edward Salt on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Edward Salt and the Salt Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Salt 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 Salt family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 5315 people with the Salt surname in the UK? Salt is now ranked number 1111 for popularity in the UK. |
Salt Family History Databases
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Salt Forums
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Miscellaneous Salt Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Edward Salt. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Edward Salt
Edward Salt
Sir Edward William Salt (18 May 1881 – 8 September 1970) was a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for the Birmingham Yardley constituency from 1931 to 1945. He was the son of Ashton Trow Salt, a surgical instrument maker in Aston, and his wife Emily. He was educated at Camp Hill Grammar School in Birmingham. In 1910, he married Alice Elizabeth, daughter of John Joseph Pratt Edmunds of Hawkesley Hall, King's Norton and had a son and three daughters.
In the First World War, he served with the Worcestershire Yeomanry from 1916 to 1919. From 1923 to 1925, he was chairman of the British Limb Association.
In 1929, he was defeated as Conservative candidate for the Birmingham Yardley constituency in that year's general election, but he won the seat two years later. He retained the seat until he was defeated in the July 1945 general election. From 1943 to 1945, he was chairman of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee. He was knighted in 1945.
He was appointed Sheriff of Warwickshire for 1952–53.
He was also managing director of Salt and Son Limited of Cherry Street, Birmingham.
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