Researching Frank Scott
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 75774 people with the Scott surname? In that year Scott was ranked number 28 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Frank means "Form of FRANCIS. (Male) A Free Man" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Frank Scott on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Frank Scott and the Scott Family History
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Some Famous People called Frank Scott
Frank Stewart Scott
Frank Stewart Scott (August 23, 1879 – February 13, 1943) was a Canadian shoe manufacturer and politician.
Born in Galt, Ontario, the son of Frank A. Scott and Mary Stewart, Scott graduated from the Galt Collegiate Institute. In 1897, he started working for the Galt Knitting Company. In 1899, he started a shoe manufacturing company with a partner, Edwin J. Getty. In 1906 the company, Getty & Scott Shoe Co. Ltd, was incorporated. In 1912, Scott became the sole owner and renamed the firm, Scott Shoe Company. In 1904, he married Minnie L. Weir.
From 1907 to 1908, he was a member of the Galt municipal council. He was reeve from 1909 to 1911 and mayor from 1912 to 1913. From 1908 to 1911, he was a member of the Waterloo County council and was reeve of Waterloo County from 1910 to 1911.
He was elected to the House of Commons of Canada for the electoral district of Waterloo South in a 1915 by-election called after the death of George Adam Clare. A Conservative, he was re-elected in the 1917 election. he was defeated in the 1921 election. Scott died in Galt at the age of 63.
Source: Frank Stewart Scott, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaFrank Sholl Scott
Dr Frank Sholl Scott M.B., B.S. (9 January 1886 – ) was an Australian-born English rugby union player and medical practitioner. A son, E. K. (Edward) Scott, represented England in both rugby and cricket.
A winger, Frank Sholl Scott was selected for the English rugby team while playing for Bristol RFC in 1906. His sole game for England was against Wales, at Swansea, on 12 January 1907.
Born in Perth, Western Australia, Scott was the son of Penelope Fanny Scott, née Sholl and Edward Scott, an English-born medical practitioner and member of the Western Australian Parliament. Penelope Scott was a member of a family prominent in Western Australia including her father, R. J. Sholl (a Government Resident) and brothers: Horace Sholl, R.F. Sholl (both entrepreneurs and politicians), Richard Sholl (postmaster-general), and Trevarton Sholl (an explorer).
Frank Sholl Scott attended Epsom College (1894–1901), before studying medicine at University College London and Bristol University.
In 1909–11, Scott practised as a doctor at Goomalling, Western Australia and was an Honorary Magistrate (a term used at the time for Justices of the Peace). He returned to England and later lived and practised medicine at Truro, Cornwall.
During the First World War, Frank Sholl Scott served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, with the rank of Lieutenant.
Source: Frank Sholl Scott, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Scott
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