Researching George Armour
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1877 people with the Armour surname? In that year Armour was ranked number 1908 for popularity in the UK. |
The name George means "A Tiller of the Soil or a Farmer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of George Armour on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of George Armour 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 George Armour and the Armour Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Armour 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 Armour family tree.
Look at Parish Records for George Armour at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of George Armour using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about George Armour.
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| Did you know that there are currently 2262 people with the Armour surname in the UK? Armour is now ranked number 2183 for popularity in the UK. |
Armour Family Tree Databases
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Armour Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Armour surname in the USA? Armour is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Armour Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on George Armour. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called George Armour
George Armour
George Armour (24 April 1812 – 13 June 1881) was a Scottish American businessman and philanthropist known for his contributions to the global distribution process for commodities. He is credited with developing the grain elevator system, establishing grain trading standards as director and president of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBT), founding the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CBQ), Commercial Club of Chicago, YMCA of Chicago, Merchants' Loan & Trust Company (MLTC), the precursor to Continental Illinois, and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts which later became the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Art Institute of Chicago. He served as a director of several notable companies during his career.
As founder of Armour, Dole & Co and other firms, he created the first extensive system of large mechanized grain elevators in Chicago and thus enabled the shipment of grains from the American Midwest to destinations all over the world. During his tenure, the CBT standardized the grading and selling of grains and established the first commodity futures markets. He was "popularly known as the father of the grain elevator system" or as a "rapacious, blood sucking insect."
Source: George Armour, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Armour
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