Researching Harry Sullivan
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 12584 people with the Sullivan surname? In that year Sullivan was ranked number 323 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Harry means "Form of HAROLD. army-power" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Harry Sullivan on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Harry Sullivan and the Sullivan Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sullivan 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 Sullivan family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Harry Sullivan at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Harry Sullivan using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Harry Sullivan.
Research the Sullivan surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Sullivan Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 19318 people with the Sullivan surname in the UK? Sullivan is now ranked number 281 for popularity in the UK. |
Sullivan Genealogy Databases
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Find Harry Sullivan from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Sullivan Forums
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Research the Sullivan surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 246098 people with the Sullivan surname in the USA? Sullivan is ranked number 78 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Sullivan Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Harry Sullivan. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Harry Sullivan
Harry Stack Sullivan
Herbert "Harry" Stack Sullivan (February 21, 1892, Norwich, New York – January 14, 1949, Paris, France) was an American Neo-Freudian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who held that "personality can never be isolated from the complex interpersonal relationships in which [a] person lives" and that "[t]he field of psychiatry is the field of interpersonal relations under any and all circumstances in which [such] relations exist". Having studied therapists Sigmund Freud, Adolf Meyer, and William Alanson White, he devoted years of clinical and research work to helping people with psychotic illness.
Source: Harry Stack Sullivan, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Harry Sullivan (baseball)
Harry Andrew Sullivan (April 22, 1888 – September 22, 1919) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals during the season. He batted and threw left-handed.
Born in Rockford, Illinois, Sullivan attended Saint Louis University. He joined the Cardinals late in the season, appearing for them in two games, including one start. He allowed six runs (four earned) on four hits and two walks for a 36.00 ERA. He did not strike out a single batter in one inning of work and did not have a decision.
Sullivan died in Rockford, Illinois, at the age of 31.
Source: Harry Sullivan (baseball), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaHarry Sullivan (politician)
Henry Joseph Aloysius Sullivan (5 June 1921 – 28 April 1977) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Moree to William Sullivan and Mary Bedford, and was educated at a local convent. He entered the workforce at fourteen as a post office messenger, eventually becoming a partner in a real estate agency and then a newspaper proprietor. From 1942 to 1945 he served in New Guinea with the AIF. On 30 July 1949 he married Mary Finn, with whom he had five children. From 1968 to 1970 he was president of the New South Wales Country Press Association. He entered the New South Wales Legislative Council in 1970; although he had no party affiliation at the time, he later joined the Country Party in 1974. Sullivan died at Darlinghurst in 1977.
Source: Harry Sullivan (politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Sullivan
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