Researching George Sellers
Research the background of George Sellers using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2303 people with the Sellers surname? In that year Sellers was ranked number 1662 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 Sellers on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of George Sellers 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 Sellers and the Sellers Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sellers 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 Sellers family tree.
Check out Parish Records for George Sellers at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of George Sellers using the FreeBMD database.
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Search the LDS Database for records about George Sellers.
Research the Sellers surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Sellers Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 2840 people with the Sellers surname in the UK? Sellers is now ranked number 1886 for popularity in the UK. |
Sellers Family History Databases
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Sellers Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
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| Did you know that there are currently 51650 people with the Sellers surname in the USA? Sellers is ranked number 140 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Sellers Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on George Sellers. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called George Sellers
George Escol Sellers
George Escol Sellers (November 26, 1808 – January 1, 1899) was an American businessman, mechanical engineer, and inventor. He owned and managed different businesses and patented several inventions. He established a company with his brother Charles where he patented his early invention of a machine that produced lead pipes from hot fluid lead continuously. While working for the Panama Railway in the 1850s, he received various patents for improvements he made on railroad locomotives, including a railroad engine which could climb steep hills.
He was interested in the field of archaeology. He wrote many articles, collected artifacts, and became a skilled arrowhead maker. Some of his arrowheads were displayed at the National Museum of the American Indian. He was interested in art, and he indulged in arts and spent time with artists throughout his life. A character name in the first edition of Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner's The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873), "Colonel Eschol Sellers", was similar to Sellers' and had to be changed when he objected to its further use. However, the connection repeated again when the new name, "Colonel Mulberry Sellers", unintentionally referenced the neighborhood where he was born.
Source: George Escol Sellers, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Sellers
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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