Researching Helen Townsend
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 12721 people with the Townsend surname? In that year Townsend was ranked number 314 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Helen means "bright one" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Helen Townsend on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Helen Townsend and the Townsend Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Townsend 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 Townsend family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 17161 people with the Townsend surname in the UK? Townsend is now ranked number 317 for popularity in the UK. |
Townsend Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 91147 people with the Townsend surname in the USA? Townsend is ranked number 127 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Helen Townsend
Helen Townsend
Helen Townsend (born 16 August 1969) is a New Zealand secondary school teacher and Olympic softball player from Christchurch.
Townsend was born in Christchurch and started playing softball from age 14. She represented New Zealand in softball in the New Zealand Under 19 team in her final year at Burnside High School, which she attended from 1983 to 1987. For ten years from 1990 she played in the Senior Women's team, and represented New Zealand at the senior world championships in 1994 and 1998. The team missed out on qualifying for the 1996 Olympics, but made it to the 2000 Olympics at Sydney, where it came fifth. She played in Italy for a year and then in Canada for a year, and retired from playing softball after the 2000 Olympics.
Townsend graduated from the University of Otago with a Bachelor in Physical Education, and after playing softball in Canada was appointed as a full-time physical education teacher at her old school, Burnside High. After the Olympics, she was a video analyst for the New Zealand men's national softball team and while in that role, the men defended their world championship title. She remained video analyst for the men's team until 2009, when she was inducted into the Softball New Zealand Hall of Fame, along with three others.
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