Researching George Howson
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1868 people with the Howson surname? In that year Howson was ranked number 1917 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 Howson on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for George Howson and the Howson Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 2620 people with the Howson surname in the UK? Howson is now ranked number 1995 for popularity in the UK. |
Howson Family History Databases
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Some Famous People called George Howson
George Howson (priest)
George John Howson (1 May 1854 – 20 May 1943) was an Anglican archdeacon.
Howson was born in Liverpool in 1854 where his father, John Howson, was Principal of the Liverpool Collegiate Institution (Liverpool College). He was educated at Liverpool College and Haileybury College and went to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1873, achieving a BA degree and an MA in 1880. He was ordained in 1878. After a curacy in Maidstone, during which time he married, he held incumbencies in Overton, Christ Church, Crewe (from 1888), Christ Church, Salford (from 1901), Crumpsall, Southport and Woolton. He was Archdeacon of Warrington from 1916 to 1933; and then of Liverpool from 1933 to 1934.
His son, also George Howson, was the founder and chairman of the Royal British Legion Poppy Factory. His younger brother James Howson (1856–1934) was Archdeacon of Craven from 1928 to 1934.
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