Researching Frank Cousins
Delve into the history of Frank Cousins using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5388 people with the Cousins surname? In that year Cousins was ranked number 791 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Frank means "Form of FRANCIS. (Male) A Free Man" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Frank Cousins on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Frank Cousins in your family tree. With over 30 billion records and 100 million family trees to search, Ancestry is one of the key websites to visit to help you trace your family tree back in time. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
| Country Collection | |
|---|---|
 |
Ancestry.com Global records search results for Frank Cousins. |
 |
Ancestry.com US records search results for Frank Cousins. |
|
Ancestry.co.uk UK records search results for Frank Cousins. |
 |
Ancestry.ca Canadian records search results for Frank Cousins. |
 |
Ancestry.com.au Australian records search results for Frank Cousins. |
DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Cousins ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
Have you reached a brick wall in your Cousins Tree?
Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Frank Cousins and the Cousins Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cousins 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 Cousins family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Frank Cousins at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Frank Cousins using the FreeBMD database.
Look at Genealogy Bank for Frank Cousins records.
Study MyHeritage for Frank Cousins information.
Investigate the LDS Database for records about Frank Cousins.
Research the Cousins surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Cousins Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 8001 people with the Cousins surname in the UK? Cousins is now ranked number 739 for popularity in the UK. |
Cousins Genealogy Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Frank Cousins.
Study MyTrees for information on the Cousins family and people looking to contact living Cousins relations.
Study One Great Family for Cousins records submitted by people who are already researching the Cousins Family Tree.
Find Frank Cousins from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Cousins Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
Research the Cousins surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Cousins surname in the USA? Cousins is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Cousins Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Frank Cousins. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Frank Cousins
Frank Cousins
Frank Cousins PC (8 September 1904 – 11 June 1986) was a British trade union leader and Labour politician.
He was born in Bulwell, Nottinghamshire. His father was a miner and Frank followed him into this industry in 1918, joining the Yorkshire Miners' Association. However after five years he became a lorry driver, originally driving coal, and then in 1931 as a long-distance lorry driver, transporting meat between Scotland and London. He became a member of the road transport section of the Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU), of which he became a full-time official in Doncaster in July 1938. He was appointed National Secretary of Road Transport (Commercial) Group in October 1948, contested the TGWU Assistant General Secretaryship in 1948 and 1955, securing the position on the latter attempt. He was also elected to the Labour Party's National Executive Committee the same year, but resigned in March 1956.
Cousins was appointed acting General Secretary of the TGWU in February 1956, due to poor health on the part of Jock Tiffin. He was elected General Secretary in May 1956, following Tiffin's death, and held the position until 1969. From 1956 to 1969, he was a member of the General Council of the Trades Union Congress and was President of the International Transport Workers' Federation from 1958 to 1960 and 1962 to 1964.
Cousins played a significant role in helping Harold Wilson become leader of the Labour Party and served in Wilson's cabinet as Minister of Technology from October 1964 until his resignation on 11 June 1966 to protest against a Government-backed law freezing incomes and prices. His appointment as a Minister was notable as he is only one of two recent Ministers (the other being Patrick Gordon-Walker) who was appointed to the role without being either a Member of Parliament or a member of the House of Lords. He was also made a Privy Counsellor in 1964.
He was elected Member of Parliament for Nuneaton at a by-election in January 1965 and remained an MP until November 1966. During this period Harry Nicholas took over as acting general secretary of the TGWU.
Source: Frank Cousins, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaFrank Cousins (American politician)
Frank G. Cousins, Jr. (born May 7, 1958, in Boston, Massachusetts) is an American politician who served as the Essex County, Massachusetts Sheriff. Cousins became the first African-American sheriff in Massachusetts when he was appointed to the position in 1996 by then Massachusetts Governor William Weld.
Prior to his appointment to sheriff, Cousins had served on the Newburyport, Massachusetts City Council, and then in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1993 up until he became sheriff. As a Republican, Cousins has won elections for the sheriff position in 1998, 2004, and 2010 in heavily Democratic Essex County. He did not run for reelection in 2016.
Source: Frank Cousins (American politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cousins
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.
Casamassima Cascioingurgio Casjens Cassens Catching Catchings Chejnickova Chesnik Chojnacka Chojnacki Chojnowski Chwascinski Ciesniewski Ciganek Coccimiglio Cocking Cockings Coggings Coggins Cosans Cosens Cosenza Cosins Cossans Cossington Cossins Cossons Cosyns Cousans Cousens Coussens Couzens Couzins Cozens Cozins Cozzens Cushing Cussens Cussins Cussons Cuzzins Cyganowski Czeszynski
Comments
Looking for information on a Frank Cousins in your family tree? Why not post a question here -