Researching Guy Eaton
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8384 people with the Eaton surname? In that year Eaton was ranked number 486 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Guy means "Guide" and is of Not available or unknown origin.
Records of Guy Eaton on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Guy Eaton and the Eaton Family History
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Eaton Family History Databases
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Guy Eaton. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Guy Eaton
Guy Franklin Van Eaton
Guy Franklin Van Eaton (August 1878 – January 9, 1950) was an American-born farmer and politician in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Shellbrook from 1945 to 1948 in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan as a Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) member.
He was born in Iowa, grew up in South Dakota and continued his education in Tacoma, Washington. He married Anna Flavel Van Eaton in 1910 and came to Canada in 1916, settling near Vanscoy, Saskatchewan. Van Eaton became a member of the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool. In 1927, he moved to a farm near Shellbrook. He ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the provincial assembly in 1929; in 1938, Van Eaton was campaign manager for Albert Mansfield, a CCF candidate running for the provincial Shellbrook seat. He was elected to the provincial assembly in a 1945 by-election held following the death of Albert Victor Sterling.
Source: Guy Franklin Van Eaton, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Eaton
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