Researching George Chalmers
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 7129 people with the Chalmers surname? In that year Chalmers was ranked number 571 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 Chalmers on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for George Chalmers and the Chalmers Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Chalmers 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 below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. 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 Chalmers family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for George Chalmers at Find My Past.
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| Did you know that there are currently 7430 people with the Chalmers surname in the UK? Chalmers is now ranked number 795 for popularity in the UK. |
Chalmers Family Tree Databases
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Chalmers Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Chalmers surname in the USA? Chalmers is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Chalmers Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on George Chalmers. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called George Chalmers
George Everett Chalmers
George Everett Chalmers (June 5, 1905 – April 26, 1993) was a doctor, surgeon and political figure in New Brunswick, Canada. He represented the ridings of York County, City of Fredericton and Fredericton South in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1963 to 1978 as a Progressive Conservative member.
He was born in Bathurst, New Brunswick, the son of George Wilson Chalmers and May Branch. Chalmers was educated at the University of New Brunswick and McGill University Faculty of Medicine, from which he graduated in 1933. He interned for 2 years at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal, QC and 1 year at the Saint John General Hospital in Saint John, NB before moving to Fredericton, NB in 1936.
During World War II he enlisted as a Lieutenant in the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps but was unable to serve abroad due to diabetes. In 1939 Dr. Chalmers was a founding member of the Fredericton Medical Clinic, the city's largest health clinic. He served as a city councillor for the Fredericton City Council from 1945 to 1949.
Source: George Everett Chalmers, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Chalmers
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