Researching James Conlin
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 557 people with the Conlin surname? In that year Conlin was ranked number 3022 for popularity in the UK. |
The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Conlin on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Conlin and the Conlin Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 865 people with the Conlin surname in the UK? Conlin is now ranked number 3228 for popularity in the UK. |
Conlin Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Conlin surname in the USA? Conlin is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called James Conlin
James Conlin
James Conlin (6 July 1881 – 23 June 1917) was an English footballer who played as a left-sided winger.
Although born in England he spent most of his life in Scotland. He played club football for Falkirk, Albion Rovers, Bradford City, Manchester City, Birmingham and Airdrieonians between 1899 and 1913. He represented the English national side once, in 1906, in a match against Scotland, and he was only the second player in British football to be transferred for a fee of £1,000. He retired from football in 1914 just prior to the outbreak of the First World War, and was subsequently killed in action on 23 June 1917 while serving his country in Flanders prior to the Third Battle of Ypres. He has no known remains or grave, his death being commemorated instead on the Nieuport Memorial, Arrondissement Veurne, West-Vlaanderen.
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