Researching Helen Denman
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1334 people with the Denman surname? In that year Denman was ranked number 2298 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Helen means "bright one" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Helen Denman on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Helen Denman and the Denman Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Denman 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 Denman family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1880 people with the Denman surname in the UK? Denman is now ranked number 2425 for popularity in the UK. |
Denman Family Tree Databases
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Denman Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Denman surname in the USA? Denman is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Denman Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Helen Denman. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Helen Denman
Helen Denman
Helen Jennifer Denman (born 4 September 1976) is an Australian breaststroke swimmer of the 1990s, who won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She won an individual silver medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships.
Denman qualified for her first international team at the Australian Championships in 1996, after winning the 100-metre breaststroke.At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Denman placed 11th in the 100-metre breaststroke, but fellow Australian Samantha Riley won the bronze medal. This meant that Denman swum the breaststroke leg in the heats of the 4×100-metre medley relay, before being replaced by Riley in the team that trailed the United States team home in the final.
Competing in front of a partisan home crowd at the 1998 World Championships in Perth, Denman set a personal best in winning silver in the 100-metre breaststroke, pushing American Kristy Kowal to within an arm's length. She also combined with Meredith Smith, Petria Thomas and Susie O'Neill in the final of the 4×100-metre medley relay to claim silver behind the Americans.
At the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Denman claimed gold in the 100 m breaststroke and the 4×100-metre medley relay. In 1999 she was omitted from the Australian national team, and in 2000 she made an unsuccessful attempt to qualify for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Source: Helen Denman, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Denman
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