Researching Hugh Catchpole
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1930 people with the Catchpole surname? In that year Catchpole was ranked number 1875 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Hugh means "Bright in Mind and Spirit" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Hugh Catchpole on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Hugh Catchpole and the Catchpole Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Catchpole 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 Catchpole family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Hugh Catchpole at Find My Past.
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| Did you know that there are currently 2350 people with the Catchpole surname in the UK? Catchpole is now ranked number 2130 for popularity in the UK. |
Catchpole Genealogy Databases
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Catchpole Forums
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Miscellaneous Catchpole Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Hugh Catchpole. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Hugh Catchpole
Hugh Catchpole
Hugh Catchpole CBE HI (26 May 1907 – 1 February 1997) was a British educationist and philanthropist, mostly active in British India, and later India and Pakistan. He was a teacher and administrator in military colleges and schools such as Prince of Wales Royal Indian Military College, Pakistan Air Force School in Sargodha and Abbottabad Public School. He was the founder principal of Cadet College at Hasan Abdal. For 5 years of his life he was in the Royal Army and for over 60 years he was associated with schools in India and Pakistan.
Source: Hugh Catchpole, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Catchpole
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.
Caccavale Caccavella Cacciapalle Casbolt Casebolt Caspell Caspole Chacksfield Checksfield Cockfield Cogbill
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