Researching Henry Wellcome
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The name Henry means "ruler of the home" and is of German origin.
Records of Henry Wellcome on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Henry Wellcome and the Wellcome Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Wellcome 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 Wellcome family tree.
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Wellcome Genealogy Databases
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Wellcome Forums
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Miscellaneous Wellcome Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Henry Wellcome. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Henry Wellcome
Henry Wellcome
Sir Henry Solomon Wellcome (August 21, 1853 – July 25, 1936) was an American British pharmaceutical entrepreneur. He founded the pharmaceutical company Burroughs Wellcome & Company with his colleague Silas Burroughs in 1880, which is one of the four large companies to eventually merge to form GlaxoSmithKline. He left a large amount of capital for charitable work in his will, which was used to form the Wellcome Trust, one of the world's largest medical charities. He was a keen collector of medical artefacts which are now displayed at the Wellcome Collection.
Source: Henry Wellcome, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Wellcome
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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