Researching Henry Sherwood
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3817 people with the Sherwood surname? In that year Sherwood was ranked number 1114 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Henry means "ruler of the home" and is of German origin.
Records of Henry Sherwood on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Henry Sherwood and the Sherwood Genealogy
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Sherwood Genealogy Databases
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Some Famous People called Henry Sherwood
Henry Sherwood
Henry Sherwood, (1807 – July 7, 1855) was a Canadian lawyer and Tory politician, involved in both provincial and municipal politics. Born into a Loyalist family, he studied law and was called to the bar of Upper Canada in 1828. He was appointed Queen's Counsel on January 23, 1838. He served as Mayor of Toronto (1842 to 1844), Solicitor-General of Canada West (1842) and as Joint Premier of the Province of Canada (May 28, 1847, to March 11, 1848). He was also a member of the Orange Order in Canada. He was born in Augusta Township, Upper Canada, and died in Bavaria in 1855 while travelling in Europe.
Source: Henry Sherwood, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Henry Sherwood (congressman)
Henry Sherwood (October 9, 1813 – November 10, 1896) was a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Henry Sherwood was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. He moved with his parents to Catharine, New York, in 1817, and attended the common schools. During the Texas Revolution, Sherwood served in the Texas Army under Sam Houston in 1836 and 1837. He moved to Tioga County, Pennsylvania, and settled in Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, in 1840. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1847 and practiced his profession in Wellsboro. He was elected burgess of Wellsboro.
Sherwood was elected as a Democrat to the Forty-second Congress. He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1872. He was the president of the Wellsboro & Lawrenceville Railroad and of the Pennsylvania division of the Pine Creek road. He died in Wellsboro in 1896. Interment in the Wellsboro Cemetery.
Source: Henry Sherwood (congressman), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Sherwood
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