Researching Ian Ayre
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1673 people with the Ayre surname? In that year Ayre was ranked number 2049 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Ian means "God is gracious" and is of Scottish origin.
Records of Ian Ayre on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ian Ayre and the Ayre Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 2587 people with the Ayre surname in the UK? Ayre is now ranked number 2012 for popularity in the UK. |
Ayre Family History Databases
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Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Ian Ayre. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Ian Ayre
Ian Ayre (tennis)
Ian Ayre (18 August 1929 – 12 October 1991) was an Australian tennis player. He was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School.
Ayre was a contemporary of Frank Sedgman (1927), George Worthington (1928), Don Tregonning (1928), Rex Hartwig (1929), Ken McGregor (1929) and Mervyn Rose (1930). He was on the Australian Davis Cup team in 1951, 1952, and 1953, but never played in a match. In 1953 he reached the 4th round at Wimbledon, losing to Sven Davidson 6–3, 6–4, 6–4, and the semifinals of the Australian Open, losing to Mervyn Rose in five sets.
He turned pro in 1955 and subsequently became a coach in Queensland. In 1969 he supervised the Davis Cup team when the captain, Neale Fraser, was temporarily unable to. In 1975 he won the first Veterans' Open Tournament of the Gold Coast and District Tennis Association at Queens Park Tennis Centre. According to a video interview with Fay Toyne about the history of Milton tennis centre in Brisbane, Ayre died of a heart attack whilst on a tennis court. His Sydney Morning Herald obituary states he was involved in a doubles match when he died.
Source: Ian Ayre (tennis), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Ayre
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