Records of Harry Cator on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Harry Cator in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

A Moment of your Time Please...

In order to try and help fund this website, I've tried producing some music. Click the banner below to listen to my latest album on your favourite streaming service. If you like it, please consider adding your favourite songs to a playlist!

Play music by Gracie James
Country Collection
Globe Ancestry.com Global records search results for Harry Cator.
USA Ancestry.com US records search results for Harry Cator.
UK Ancestry.co.uk UK records search results for Harry Cator.
Canada Ancestry.ca Canadian records search results for Harry Cator.
Australia Ancestry.com.au Australian records search results for Harry Cator.

DNA

Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Cator ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!

Unlock your DNAHave you reached a brick wall in your Cator Tree?

Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Harry Cator and the Cator Family Tree

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cator 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 Cator family tree.

Check out Parish Records for Harry Cator at Find My Past.

Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Harry Cator using the FreeBMD database.

Investigate Genealogy BankGenealogy Bank for Harry Cator records.

Look at MyHeritage for Harry Cator information.

Search the LDS Database for records about Harry Cator.

Research the Cator surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Cator Military records.

Cator Family History Databases

Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.

Study the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Harry Cator.

Study MyTrees for information on the Cator family and people looking to contact living Cator relations.

Study One Great Family for Cator records submitted by people who are already researching the Cator Family Tree.

Find Harry Cator from Ireland on findmypast.ie

Cator Forums

There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.

Research the Cator surname using Genealogy.com forums .

Miscellaneous Cator Databases

Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Harry Cator. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

Comments

Looking for information on a Harry Cator in your family tree? Why not post a question here -

Some Famous People called Harry Cator

Harry Cator

Harry Cator VC, MM (24 January 1894 – 7 April 1966) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

He was born in Drayton in Norfolk to a railway worker. After leaving school, he was a porter on the London Midland and Great Northern Joint Line before joining a building contractor in Great Yarmouth.

He joined the British Army in September 1914, and arrived on the Western Front in June 1915 already a sergeant in the 7th Battalion, The East Surrey Regiment. In 1916 at the time of the Somme Offensive, he was awarded the Military Medal for bringing back 36 wounded men from no-mans land.

He was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Arras offensive. On 9 April 1917 near Arras, Sergeant Cator's platoon had suffered heavy casualties from a hostile machine-gun. Under heavy fire the sergeant, with one man, advanced across the open to attack the gun and when his companion was killed, he went on alone. Picking up a Lewis gun and some ammunition drums on his way, he succeeded in reaching the enemy trench and sighting another hostile machine-gun, he killed the entire team and the officer. He held the end of the trench with such effect that a bombing squad were able to capture 100 prisoners and five machine-guns.

A few days later he was injured by an exploding shell. It was shortly after that the award of the VC and the French Croix de Guerre were announced. After the war he worked as a postman and as a civil servant.

Cator served with the rank of captain in the Home Guard during the Second World War, and was commandant of a prisoner-of-war camp near Cranwick. He retired from the Army in December 1947. He died in 1966 in Norwich on 7 April and is buried in Sprowston cemetery.

His Victoria Cross and other medals are displayed in the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum.

Source: Harry Cator, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Cator

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.

Cadore Cadro Cater Cather Cathery Cathor Cathrae Cathro Catrow Caudray Caudrey Caughtry Cauthra Cawdeary Cawdery Cawdrey Cawthera Cawtheray Cawthery Cawthra Cawthry Chadder Chaiter Chaitor Chater Chator Chatraw Chaudhry Chaudoir Chayter Chaytor Cheater Chetter Chewter Chitter Chooter Choudhury Chuter Cider Coddaire Coder Coderre Codori Codyre Cooter Cootware Cother Cotter Cottier Coudare Coudray Coughtrey Coutre Couture Cowderay Cowderoy Cowdery Cowdray Cowdrey Cowdroy Cowdry Cutaiar Cutter Cyder Czotter