Researching Gerald Kingsland
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 480 people with the Kingsland surname? In that year Kingsland was ranked number 3099 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Gerald means "Spear Warrior" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Gerald Kingsland on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Gerald Kingsland 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 Gerald Kingsland and the Kingsland Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Kingsland 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 listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. 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 Kingsland family tree.
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Research the Kingsland surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Kingsland Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 488 people with the Kingsland surname in the UK? Kingsland is now ranked number 3580 for popularity in the UK. |
Kingsland Family History Databases
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Kingsland Forums
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Miscellaneous Kingsland Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Gerald Kingsland. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Gerald Kingsland
Gerald Kingsland
Gerald W. Kingsland (8 March 1930 – 20 March 2000) was a journalist, adventurer, and writer, born and raised in Whitchurch, Buckinghamshire, England.
After a stint in the British Army where he fought in combat during the Korean War in 1951, he became a successful journalist and publisher in England, then a wine grower in Italy. In 1980 he set out to become a modern Robinson Crusoe seeking a remote tropical island where he could be self-sufficient together with a female companion. He advertised in Time Out magazine in 1980 for a woman to share life with him on a deserted island. When Kingsland was 49, he met 24-year-old Lucy Irvine. They went to Tuin Island, in the Torres Strait between Australia and Papua New Guinea, uninhabited and lacking a dependable water supply, where they nearly perished, but were saved by Badu Islanders. Kingsland and Irvine wrote separate accounts of their adventure. His book, The Islander was published in 1984. Irvine's Castaway was published in 1983. The story was also depicted in the film Castaway. Kingsland was portrayed by Oliver Reed. The role of Lucy Irvine was played by Amanda Donohoe.
Whilst living in Samoa, Kingsland was diagnosed with bowel cancer, returning to the UK in 2000. He died from a heart attack aged 70 in London.
He had five sons and two daughters (including writer Rosemary Kingsland) from five marriages.
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