Researching Ian Chesterman
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 517 people with the Chesterman surname? In that year Chesterman was ranked number 3062 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Ian means "God is gracious" and is of Scottish origin.
Records of Ian Chesterman on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Ian Chesterman in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ian Chesterman and the Chesterman Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Chesterman 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 Chesterman family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Ian Chesterman at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Ian Chesterman using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Ian Chesterman.
Research the Chesterman surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Chesterman Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 784 people with the Chesterman surname in the UK? Chesterman is now ranked number 3305 for popularity in the UK. |
Chesterman Family Tree Databases
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Find Ian Chesterman from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Chesterman Forums
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Miscellaneous Chesterman Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Ian Chesterman. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Ian Chesterman
Ian Chesterman
Ian Andrew Chesterman (born 17 April 1959) is a Vice President of the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) and the Chef de Mission of the Australian Team for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
Chesterman was first elected to the AOC Executive in 2001, and became vice president in 2016.
He was the Chef de Mission (the head of the Australian delegation) at six Olympic Winter Games – 1998 Nagano, 2002 Salt Lake City, 2006 Torino, 2010 Vancouver, 2014 Sochi and 2018 PyeongChang. He was the General Manager at the 1994 Lillehammer Games, being Deputy to Geoff Henke.
Australia has won five gold, five silver and four bronze medals under Chesterman's leadership and come of age as a winter sports nation.
Chesterman was appointed as Chef de Mission for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in 2017, becoming the first Australian to head both a summer and winter Olympic Team, and the first to lead a total of seven Olympic teams. Geoff Henke led six winter teams (1976–1994) and John Coates six summer teams (1988–2008).
Chesterman was Chef de Mission of the Australian Team to the 2016 Olympic Youth Winter Games in Lillehammer.
He was made a Life Member of the Australian Olympic Committee in May 2018.
Currently a resident of Launceston, Tasmania, Chesterman is managing director of Sportcom Pty Ltd, a communications and events company he founded in 1988.
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