Researching James Stack
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 615 people with the Stack surname? In that year Stack was ranked number 2964 for popularity in the UK. |
The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Stack on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Stack and the Stack Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Stack 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 Stack family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1252 people with the Stack surname in the UK? Stack is now ranked number 2887 for popularity in the UK. |
Stack Family Tree Databases
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Stack Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Stack surname in the USA? Stack is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Stack Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on James Stack. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called James Stack
James West Stack
James West Stack (27 March 1835 – 13 October 1919) was a New Zealand missionary, clergyman, writer and interpreter. He was born in Puriri, Thames/Coromandel, New Zealand, in 1835.
His father, James Stack, had been a Wesleyan missionary at Whangaroa, who later joined the Church Mission Society (CMS), which followed the Anglican traditions. James Stack was sent to the CMS mission in Puriri, where his son was born.
He started at the boys college of St. John Evangelist, Auckland in 1846; then he attended Sydney College (later Sydney Grammar School) from 1847. From 1851 to 1852 he attended Highbury College, London. From 1853 to 1860 he was a teacher at the CMS school at Kohanga Mission of the Rev. Robert Maunsell at the Port Waikato.
He was ordained a deacon on 23 December 1860 at Holy Trinity Church, Lyttelton, and he was appointed to the Diocese of Christchurch at the Tuahiwi mission among the Māori in Canterbury. In 1861, Stack married botanist Elizabeth Jones in Auckland.
He was ordained a priest on 21 December 1862 at Church of St Michael and All Angels, Christchurch. From 1864 to 1879 he worked at the Māori mission at Kaiapoi. From 1880 to 1898 he was appointed to various churches in the Banks Peninsula and Christchurch districts. On 11 September 1894 he was appointed as canon of Christchurch Cathedral.
In 1898 he retired and went to live with his brother-in-law in Bordighera, Liguria, Italy. From 1907 until his death in 1919 he lived at Worthing, England.
Source: James West Stack, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Stack
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