Researching Henry Venn
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1359 people with the Venn surname? In that year Venn was ranked number 2276 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Henry means "ruler of the home" and is of German origin.
Records of Henry Venn on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Henry Venn and the Venn Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Venn 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 Venn family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Henry Venn at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Henry Venn using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1885 people with the Venn surname in the UK? Venn is now ranked number 2421 for popularity in the UK. |
Venn Genealogy Databases
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Venn Forums
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Miscellaneous Venn Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Henry Venn. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Henry Venn
Henry Venn (Church Missionary Society)
Henry Venn (10 February 1796 – 13 January 1873) was an Anglican clergyman who is recognised as one of the foremost Protestant missions strategists of the nineteenth century. He was an outstanding administrator who served as honorary secretary of the Church Missionary Society from 1841 to 1873. He was also a campaigner, in the tradition of the Clapham Sect, who frequently lobbied the British Parliament on social issues of his day, notably on ensuring the total eradication of the Atlantic slave trade by retaining the West African Squadron of the Royal Navy. He expounded the basic principles of indigenous Christian missions: these were much later made widespread by the Lausanne Congress of 1974.
Source: Henry Venn (Church Missionary Society), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Venn
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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