Researching Hans Opel
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The name Hans means "form of JOHN - God is gracious" and is of Scandinavian origin.
Records of Hans Opel on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Hans Opel and the Opel Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Opel 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 below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. 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 Opel family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for Hans Opel at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Hans Opel using the FreeBMD database.
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Explore the LDS Database for records about Hans Opel.
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Opel Family Tree Databases
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Opel Forums
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Miscellaneous Opel Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Hans Opel. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Hans Opel
Hans von Opel
Johann Jakob "Hans" Opel (from 1918 von Opel; 27 Jule 1889 – 25 June 1948) was a German industrialist from the Opel family.
Johann Jakob von Opel was the nephew of the car fabricant Adam Opel and son of Carl von Opel and Helene Wilhelmine Mouson. When his father Carl was raised upon the nobility, this also applied to his descendants and he was allowed, to go by the name von Opel.
Hans von Opel and Salomon Meyer were the founders of the Hansa finance corporation for car trading companies, which developed to a leading German holding and finance company. His wife was Sophie von Opel-Hübscher (1902–1989). After the early death of her husband, she married Karl Binding of the same name of the traditional brewery family. Hans von Opel left her wife a considerable capital, which later formed the basis for the Sophie and Karl Binding foundation.
Hans von Opel was an honorary member and part of the Corps Franconia Darmstadt.
Source: Hans von Opel, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Opel
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