Researching George Noakes
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2190 people with the Noakes surname? In that year Noakes was ranked number 1722 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name George means "A Tiller of the Soil or a Farmer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of George Noakes on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for George Noakes and the Noakes Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 2816 people with the Noakes surname in the UK? Noakes is now ranked number 1897 for popularity in the UK. |
Noakes Family History Databases
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Some Famous People called George Noakes
George Noakes
George Noakes (13 September 1924 – 14 July 2008) was the Bishop of St Davids and (briefly) the Archbishop of Wales.
Born in Ceredigion on 13 September 1924 and educated at the University of Aberystwyth, after wartime service in the RAFVR he was ordained in 1950. After a curacy at Lampeter he was successively Vicar of Eglwyswrw, Tregaron, Eglwys Dewi Sant (a Welsh language church in Cardiff), Aberystwyth; and finally, before his elevation to the episcopate, Archdeacon of Cardigan. He died on 14 July 2008, aged 83.
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