Researching Harry Cockerill
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1444 people with the Cockerill surname? In that year Cockerill was ranked number 2212 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Harry means "Form of HAROLD. army-power" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Harry Cockerill on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Harry Cockerill and the Cockerill Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 1821 people with the Cockerill surname in the UK? Cockerill is now ranked number 2457 for popularity in the UK. |
Cockerill Genealogy Databases
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Some Famous People called Harry Cockerill
Harry Cockerill
Francis Henry "Harry" Cockerill (5 July 1899 – 8 August 1987) was an Australian politician.
He was born at Greta to miner Francis William Cockerill and Edith Maria Wheatley. He attended school at Kurri Kurri and Cockerill became a miner at Branxton. On 14 July 1923 he married Dorothy Morley, with whom he had four children. He was active in the mining unions, and also served on Kearsley Shire Council from 1947 to 1950. From 1959 to 1973 he was a Labor member of the New South Wales Legislative Council, having previously served on the Labor central executive from 1950 to 1952 and from 1955 to 1959. Cockerill died at Cardiff in 1987.
Source: Harry Cockerill, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cockerill
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