Researching George Claghorn
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The name George means "A Tiller of the Soil or a Farmer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of George Claghorn on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for George Claghorn and the Claghorn Family History
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Claghorn Genealogy Databases
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Claghorn Forums
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Miscellaneous Claghorn Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on George Claghorn. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called George Claghorn
George Claghorn
George Claghorn ( –, 1824) was an American patriot and shipwright. He served as an officer in the American Revolutionary War and was wounded in the Battle of Bunker Hill. After the war, he was awarded the rank of colonel in the Massachusetts militia. Claghorn was the master shipbuilder of Old Ironsides (a.k.a. ), which he and Samuel Nicholson built for the early United States Navy during the years 1794–1797. Old Ironsides is the oldest naval vessel in the world that is still commissioned, afloat and seaworthy.
Source: George Claghorn, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Claghorn
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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