Researching Fatima Whitbread
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1196 people with the Whitbread surname? In that year Whitbread was ranked number 2417 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Fatima means "weaning; daughter of Muhammad" and is of Arabic origin.
Records of Fatima Whitbread on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Fatima Whitbread in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Fatima Whitbread and the Whitbread Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Whitbread 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 Whitbread family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 1780 people with the Whitbread surname in the UK? Whitbread is now ranked number 2486 for popularity in the UK. |
Whitbread Family Tree Databases
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Whitbread Forums
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Fatima Whitbread. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Fatima Whitbread
Fatima Whitbread
Fatima Whitbread MBE (born Vedad; 3 March 1961) is a retired British javelin thrower. She won the 1986 European Championships in Stuttgart, having broken the world record with a throw of 77.44 metres in the qualifying round the previous day. She went on to win the 1987 World Championships in Rome. She is also a two-time Olympic medallist, winning bronze at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and silver at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Her former world record throw makes her one of only two women in history to have thrown the javelin (old model) over 75 metres.
Source: Fatima Whitbread, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Whitbread
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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