Researching Gwen Cheeseman
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2359 people with the Cheeseman surname? In that year Cheeseman was ranked number 1629 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Gwen means "fair, white" and is of Welsh origin.
Records of Gwen Cheeseman on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Gwen Cheeseman and the Cheeseman Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cheeseman 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 Cheeseman family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 3117 people with the Cheeseman surname in the UK? Cheeseman is now ranked number 1765 for popularity in the UK. |
Cheeseman Family Tree Databases
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Cheeseman Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Cheeseman surname in the USA? Cheeseman is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Cheeseman Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Gwen Cheeseman. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Gwen Cheeseman
Gwen Cheeseman
Gwen Wentz Cheeseman-Alexander (born August 13, 1951 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) is a former field hockey goalkeeper from the United States, who was a member of the 1980 Olympic team that qualified for Olympics but did not compete due to the Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. She was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal years later. She was a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She was also the goal keeper of the world in 1980. She coached many Division 1 teams and currently is a goalie coach at Washington and Lee University.
Source: Gwen Cheeseman, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Cheeseman
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.
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