Researching Jack Yerman
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The name Jack means "form of John - God is gracious" and is of English origin.
Records of Jack Yerman on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jack Yerman and the Yerman Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Yerman 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 Yerman family tree.
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Yerman Family History Databases
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Jack Yerman. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Jack Yerman
Jack Yerman
Jack Lloyd Yerman (born February 5, 1939) is an American former athlete and winner of the gold medal in the relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Jack Yerman was sixth in the 400 m at the 1959 Pan-American Games and won the silver medal as a member of an American relay team.
He won the 1960 U.S. Olympic Trials 400 m at Stanford with a time of 46.3, but at the Olympics itself, he only reached the semifinals. Jack Yerman won a gold medal as the lead-off runner with the American relay team and set a new world record of 3:02.2.
Yerman also played fullback for Berkeley in the Rose Bowl. Previously he ran for Woodland High School in Woodland, California, finishing third at the 1956 CIF California State Meet.
Yerman lives in Paradise, California. He is a retired high school teacher and father of four.
He is a Latter-day Saint. Yerman joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after his participation in the Olympics.
Source: Jack Yerman, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Yerman
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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