Researching Erskine Childers
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 64 people with the Childers surname? In that year Childers was ranked number 3515 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Erskine means "dweller of the top of the cliff" and is of Gaelic origin.
Records of Erskine Childers on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Erskine Childers and the Childers Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 31 people with the Childers surname in the UK? Childers is now ranked number 4012 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called Erskine Childers
Erskine Hamilton Childers
Erskine Hamilton Childers (11 December 1905 – 17 November 1974) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as the fourth president of Ireland from June 1973 to November 1974. He is the only Irish president to have died in office. He also served as Tánaiste and Minister for Health from 1969 to 1973, Minister for Transport and Power from 1959 to 1969, Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from 1951 to 1954 and 1966 to 1969, Minister without portfolio in July 1959, Minister for Lands from 1957 to 1959 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Local Government from 1944 to 1948. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1938 to 1973.
His father Robert Erskine Childers, a leading Irish republican and author of the espionage thriller The Riddle of the Sands, was executed during the Irish Civil War.
Source: Erskine Hamilton Childers, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaErskine Childers (author)
Robert Erskine Childers DSC (25 June 1870 – 24 November 1922), usually known as Erskine Childers, was an English-born Irish writer, whose works included the influential novel The Riddle of the Sands. He became a supporter of Irish Republicanism and smuggled guns into Ireland in his sailing yacht Asgard. He was executed by the authorities of the nascent Irish Free State during the Irish Civil War. He was the son of British Orientalist scholar Robert Caesar Childers; the cousin of Hugh Childers and Robert Barton; and the father of the fourth President of Ireland, Erskine Hamilton Childers.
Source: Erskine Childers (author), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Erskine Barton Childers
Erskine Barton Childers (11 March 1929 – 25 August 1996) was an Irish writer, BBC correspondent and United Nations senior civil servant. He was the eldest son of Erskine Hamilton Childers (Ireland's fourth President) and Ruth Ellen Dow Childers. His grandparents Mary Alden Childers and Robert Erskine Childers and the latter's double first cousin Robert Barton were all Irish nationalists involved heavily with the negotiation of Irish independence; which ultimately led to his grandfather's execution during the Irish Civil War. His great aunt was Gretchen Osgood Warren.
Source: Erskine Barton Childers, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
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