Researching James Canfield
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 344 people with the Canfield surname? In that year Canfield was ranked number 3235 for popularity in the UK. |
The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Canfield on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Canfield and the Canfield Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Canfield 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 Canfield family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 374 people with the Canfield surname in the UK? Canfield is now ranked number 3689 for popularity in the UK. |
Canfield Genealogy Databases
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Canfield Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Canfield surname in the USA? Canfield is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called James Canfield
James Hulme Canfield
James Hulme Canfield (March 18, 1847 – March 29, 1909), born in Delaware, Ohio, the son of Rev. E. H. and Martha (Hulme) Canfield, was the fourth President of The Ohio State University.
Raised in New York City, Canfield attended Williams College and read law in Jackson, Michigan, before briefly practicing in St. Joseph, Michigan. He was on the faculty of the University of Kansas, teaching broadly in the humanities, until moving to the University of Nebraska, where he was chancellor. In 1895 Canfield returned to Ohio to become President of Ohio State University. He resigned the position in 1899 and became chief librarian at Columbia University, where remained until his death. Hulme was also a founding member of the American Library Institute.
He received the honorary degree Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) from the University of Oxford in October 1902, in connection with the tercentenary of the Bodleian Library.
He married Flavia Camp on June 24, 1873; their children included Dorothy Canfield Fisher.
Canfield Hall dormitory at Ohio State is named in his honor, as is the Canfield Administration Building at the University of Nebraska.
Source: James Hulme Canfield, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Canfield
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