Researching Gabe Newell
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4732 people with the Newell surname? In that year Newell was ranked number 891 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Gabe means "God is my strength" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Gabe Newell on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Gabe Newell 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 Gabe Newell and the Newell Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Newell 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 Newell family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Gabe Newell at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Gabe Newell using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 8096 people with the Newell surname in the UK? Newell is now ranked number 726 for popularity in the UK. |
Newell Family History Databases
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Newell Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 36459 people with the Newell surname in the USA? Newell is ranked number 145 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Newell Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Gabe Newell. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Gabe Newell
Gabe Newell
Gabe Logan Newell (nicknamed Gaben, born November 3, 1962) is an American businessman and the co-founder and president of the video game developer and digital distribution company Valve.
Newell was educated at Davis Senior High School in Davis, California, and attended Harvard University in the early 1980s. He dropped out to join Microsoft, where he helped create the first iterations of the Windows operating system. Along with Mike Harrington, Newell left Microsoft in 1996 to found Valve; Harrington left Valve in 2000.
Newell led development of Valve's digital distribution service Steam, which launched in 2003 and controlled most of the market for downloaded PC games by 2011. He is one of the wealthiest people in the United States; in December 2021, Forbes estimated his net worth at US$3.9 billion.
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