Researching Frederic Archer
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 12387 people with the Archer surname? In that year Archer was ranked number 329 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Frederic Archer on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Frederic Archer and the Archer Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Archer 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 Archer family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Frederic Archer at Find My Past.
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| Did you know that there are currently 15501 people with the Archer surname in the UK? Archer is now ranked number 361 for popularity in the UK. |
Archer Family History Databases
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Archer Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 36459 people with the Archer surname in the USA? Archer is ranked number 145 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Archer Databases
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Frederic Archer
Frederic Archer (16 June 1838 – 22 October 1901) was a British-American composer, conductor and organist, born at Oxford, England. He studied music in London and Leipzig, and held musical positions in England and Scotland until 1880, when he became organist of Plymouth Church in Brooklyn, New York. Archer was later appointed conductor of the Boston, Massachusetts Oratorio Society, director of Carnegie Music Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and in 1899 organist of the Church of the Ascension in Pittsburgh. In 1896 he established the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. He founded, in 1885, The Keynote, which for a time he edited, and also published several books and numerous organ compositions.
Archer died of cancer at his home in the East End of Pittsburgh on 22 October 1901. He, his wife, and daughter rest in apparently unmarked graves at Pittsburgh's Homewood Cemetery.
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