Researching Gilson Silva
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 83 people with the Silva surname? In that year Silva was ranked number 3496 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Gilson Silva on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Gilson Silva and the Silva Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Silva 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 Silva family tree.
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Research the Silva surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Silva Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 1491 people with the Silva surname in the UK? Silva is now ranked number 2693 for popularity in the UK. |
Silva Family History Databases
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Silva Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 127606 people with the Silva surname in the USA? Silva is ranked number 115 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Silva Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Gilson Silva. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Gilson Silva
Gilson Manuel Silva Alves (born 18 March 1987 in Fogo), sometimes known as Ja, is a Cape Verdean football forward, as of 2013 who plays for Olympique du Kef in the Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 2.
His first youth club was Batuque, he participated in two other clubs abroad, Rapid Bucharest and Nadi al-Jazira in the Emirates, likely the first Cape Verdean player to participate in the youth player. Gilson Silva appeared in the senior level and his first two clubs were of his nation, Batuque FC in the early part of the 2004-05 season and later Botafogo FC from Fogo. Gelson later played professional clubs in Tunisia including Étoile Sahel (played as of January 2014), US Monastir, Olympique de Kef and Sbiba. In between Étoile, outside Tunisia, he played with EA Guingamp, later he played with Ceuta in the Spanish Leagues.
Whilst at Guingamp, then in Ligue 2, Silva played in the 2009 Coupe de France Final in which they beat Rennes.
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