Researching Gerard Vaughan
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 10217 people with the Vaughan surname? In that year Vaughan was ranked number 404 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Gerard means "spear-brave" and is of German origin.
Records of Gerard Vaughan on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Gerard Vaughan and the Vaughan Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 16215 people with the Vaughan surname in the UK? Vaughan is now ranked number 340 for popularity in the UK. |
Vaughan Family Tree Databases
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Gerard Vaughan (Australian politician)
Gerard Marshall Vaughan (born 1 December 1946) is a former Australian politician.
He was born in Glenhuntly to David Arthur Vaughan and Mary Therese, née Russell. He attended state and Catholic schools and received an Associate Diploma of Chemical Engineering from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in 1966. He worked as a chemical engineer with Australian Portland Cement Ltd. from 1967 to 1968, when he received a Bachelor of Education (Honours) from Monash University, followed by a Master of Engineering Science in 1971. He received a Diploma of Education from the State College of Victoria in 1973 and a PhD from Monash University in 1978. From 1968 to 1972 he was a research student and tutor in Monash University's Chemical Engineering Department, becoming a lecturer at Swinburne University of Technology in 1975. From 1977 to 1979 he was a research scientist with CSIRO's Mineral Engineering Division.
A Labor Party member since 1971, he ran unsuccessfully for the Victorian Legislative Assembly seat of Glenhuntly in 1976 but won the seat in 1979. He transferred to Clayton in 1985 following Glenhuntly's abolition. He served on a number of committees but was never promoted from the backbench, and he lost preselection to Hong Lim in 1996.
Source: Gerard Vaughan (Australian politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Vaughan
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