Records of James Moorsom on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of James Moorsom in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. 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 James Moorsom and the Moorsom Genealogy

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Moorsom 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 Moorsom family tree.

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Moorsom Family History Databases

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Some Famous People called James Moorsom

James Marshall Moorsom

James Marshall Moorsom (16 November 1837 – 26 March 1918) was a British Liberal Party politician.

Son of Vice-Admiral Constantine Moorsom and grandson of Admiral Robert Moorsom, who distinguished himself at the Battle of Trafalgar, he was elected at the 1892 general election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Yarmouth in Norfolk, defeating the sitting Conservative MP Sir Henry Whatley Tyler.

Moorsom served only three years in the House of Commons, until his defeat at the 1895 general election.

Moorsom was father of Raisley Stewart Moorsom, whose daughter Sasha married the sociologist Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington; their son is the journalist Toby Young.

Source: James Marshall Moorsom, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Moorsom

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