Researching James Neal
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8861 people with the Neal surname? In that year Neal was ranked number 456 for popularity in the UK. |
The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Neal on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Neal and the Neal Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Neal 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 below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. 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 Neal family tree.
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Neal Genealogy Databases
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Neal Forums
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Some Famous People called James Neal
James Neal (ice hockey)
James Neal (born September 3, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey winger who currently plays for the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played in the NHL for the Dallas Stars, Pittsburgh Penguins, Nashville Predators, Vegas Golden Knights, Calgary Flames and Edmonton Oilers.
While playing junior ice hockey with the Plymouth Whalers of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), he was selected in the second round, 33rd overall, by the Dallas Stars in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. After one season with the Stars' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate, the Iowa Stars, Neal played his NHL rookie year with Dallas in 2008–09. During his third NHL season, he was traded to the Penguins, where he played four seasons before being traded to the Predators.
After three seasons with the Predators, Neal was selected in the 2017 NHL Expansion Draft by the Golden Knights. A free agent after one year in Vegas, Neal signed with the Flames in July 2018 before being traded to the Edmonton Oilers just over a year later, where he played two seasons.
Source: James Neal (ice hockey), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJames Neal (artist)
James Neal (18 January 1918 - 12 October 2011) was an English artist and teacher. Born in Islington, North London, Neal was accepted at St Martin's School of Art in 1932, aged 14. During this time he was taught by Leon Underwood, who also taught Henry Moore. James then went to the Royal College of Art in 1936 where he studied for four years under Professor Gilbert Spencer, during this period he won the Spencer prize and met Sir Stanley Spencer.
James Neal served in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers during the war and was stationed at Hull, Beverley and Spurn Point. His spare time was spent sketching, including many drawings of his comrades.
After the war he worked as a part-time teacher and graphic arts illustrator in London where he met and married Doreen in 1948. In 1958 he moved to Hull as Lecturer in Painting and Drawing at Hull Regional College of Art, then becoming Senior Lecturer in the History of Art. Over the next fifty years he became well known for painting scenes around the Hull area.
Ferens Art Gallery in Hull, has twice mounted major retrospective exhibitions of James Neal's varied and diverse work. In 1985 Beverley Art Gallery held an exhibition called 'Aspects of War in Beverley, 39 - 45' which showed many of James Neal's sketches from his war years in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
He is commemorated with a green plaque on The Avenues, Kingston upon Hull.
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