Researching Gladys Willems
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 13 people with the Willems surname? In that year Willems was ranked number 3566 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Gladys means "form of CLAUDIA - lame" and is of Welsh origin.
Records of Gladys Willems on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Gladys Willems and the Willems Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Willems 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 Willems family tree.
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Willems Genealogy Databases
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Willems Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Willems surname in the USA? Willems is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Willems Databases
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Some Famous People called Gladys Willems
Gladys Willems
Gladys Willems (born 4 January 1977 in Schoten, Belgium) is a Belgian compound archer. She has competed at the major World Archery Federation competitions, the World Cup, winning stage medals, and the World Archery Championships, winning a gold medal at the indoor championships. She set a world record of 149 for a 15-arrow round in 2011, a record which stood until broken by Sara Lopez's first ever perfect round of 150 in 2013, and a FITA round world record of 1411 in 2007 in Lausanne. The highest world ranking she has achieved is 4, in 2007.
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Other names that sound a bit like Willems
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.
Wahling Walenciak Walensky Waling Wallenger Wallenscott Walling Wallingford Wallingsford Wallington Walmsley Wayling Wealans Wealens Wealleans Weallens Wehling Wellenkamp Wellens Wellensiek Wellenstein Welling Wellinger Wellings Wellington Wellmaker Wellons Welmaker Whaling Wheelans Wheeleans Wheeling Whelans Whelens Whellams Whellans Whellens Whillance Whillans Wholans Wieling Wielinga Wielingla Wilamowski Wilenski Wilensky Wiliams Willaims Willamowski Willams Willance Willans Willemssen Willens Williams Williamson Willihnganz Willims Willing Willingale Willingam Willington Willms Wilms Wilmshorst Wilmshurst Wolins Wolinsky Woliyniec Wollenzien Wollonscroft Woolens Woolensach Woollams Woolliams Woollons Woolums
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