Researching James Sargeant
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2360 people with the Sargeant surname? In that year Sargeant was ranked number 1628 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Sargeant on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Sargeant and the Sargeant Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sargeant 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 Sargeant family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 4151 people with the Sargeant surname in the UK? Sargeant is now ranked number 1401 for popularity in the UK. |
Sargeant Family History Databases
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Sargeant Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Sargeant surname in the USA? Sargeant is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called James Sargeant
James Sargeant
James Frederick Richard "Dick" Sargeant (born 17 March 1936 in Kobe, Japan) is an Australian sailor and Olympic Champion. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and won a gold medal in the 5.5 metre class.
Prior to Tokyo, Dick had been a crewman on Gretel, the Australian challenger for the 1962 America's Cup. After Tokyo, Dick continued his involvement with the Australian and international sailing world during the ensuing decades. He competed at Mexico City 1968 Olympics, where he and Carl Ryves sailed their Flying Dutchman class boat into fourth place, an agonising 0.7 points off a medal.
In 2017, he was an inaugural inductee Australian Sailing Hall of Fame with Bill Northam and Peter O'Donnell.
Source: James Sargeant, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Sargeant
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