Researching Jack Kent
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 12617 people with the Kent surname? In that year Kent was ranked number 322 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jack means "form of John - God is gracious" and is of English origin.
Records of Jack Kent on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jack Kent and the Kent Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Kent 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 Kent family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 16029 people with the Kent surname in the UK? Kent is now ranked number 347 for popularity in the UK. |
Kent Genealogy Databases
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Kent Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 51650 people with the Kent surname in the USA? Kent is ranked number 140 for popularity in the USA. |
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Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Jack Kent. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Jack Kent (illustrator)
right|thumb|420px|Jack Kent's King Aroo (November 25, 1956)John Wellington Kent, better known by his signature Jack Kent (March 10, 1920 – October 18, 1985), was an American cartoonist and prolific author-illustrator of 40 children's books. He is perhaps best known as the creator of King Aroo, a comic strip often compared to Walt Kelly's Pogo. In addition to his own books, he also illustrated 22 books by other authors.
Born in Burlington, Iowa, Kent dropped out of high school at the age of 15 and began a career as a freelance commercial artist, working in that field until he joined the U.S. Army in 1941.
Source: Jack Kent (illustrator), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJack Kent (politician)
Jack Kent (1870 in Lambeth, London – 1946) was a British politician and an important figure in the early history of the Socialist Party of Great Britain.
Kent was a well-known member of the Social Democratic Federation, being a writer for Justice from 1897 and a speaker and lecture secretary. In 1902 he was on the SDF Executive Committee and was delegate for West Ham Central during the 1902 SDF Conference. He was not originally an impossibilist but came over after the 24 April meeting, revealing the manoeuvrings of Hyndman clique.
Kent was working as a clerk at Whitbreads brewery when he helped found the Socialist Party of Great Britain in June 1904. He was variously an indoor and outdoor speaker, a writer for the Socialist Standard, Party delegate to the Amsterdam Congress of the Second International in August 1904, secretary of Romford Division branch in 1904–1905, an Executive Committee member in 1905–1906 and finally Treasurer in 1907–1908. Kent resigned on 30 March 1908, probably as he did not want politics to prejudice his career advancement.
After leaving the SPGB he helped organise the ‘Constitutionalists’, a popular anti-socialist organisation, later joining the Conservative Party. He became a local councillor in 1912, going on to become mayor of Acton in 1922–1923 and a Middlesex county councillor. He died in 1946.
Source: Jack Kent (politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Kent
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