Researching Frank Stillwell
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 468 people with the Stillwell surname? In that year Stillwell was ranked number 3111 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Frank means "Form of FRANCIS. (Male) A Free Man" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Frank Stillwell on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Frank Stillwell and the Stillwell Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 677 people with the Stillwell surname in the UK? Stillwell is now ranked number 3402 for popularity in the UK. |
Stillwell Family History Databases
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Some Famous People called Frank Stillwell
Frank Leslie Stillwell
Frank Leslie Stillwell OBE, (27 June 1888 – 8 February 1963) was an Australian geologist, winner of the David Syme Research Prize awarded by the University of Melbourne in 1919 and the Clarke Medal awarded by the Royal Society of New South Wales in 1951.
Stillwell was educated at the University of Melbourne and joined the Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911–1914) as geologist. He spent 17 months in Antarctica under Douglas Mawson. He was stationed at the Main Base at Commonwealth Bay.
Stillwell then worked at Broken Hill, New South Wales 1919–1921, as assistant geologist under Dr. Ernest C. Andrews. He mapped the Kalgoorlie, Western Australia goldfield 1927–1928.
Stillwell joined the Royal Society of Victoria in 1910 and served as President from 1953 to 1954.
He also discovered and named the rare-earth boro-silicate mineral Stillwellite-(Ce).
Source: Frank Leslie Stillwell, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Stillwell
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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