Researching James Waithe
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 14 people with the Waithe surname? In that year Waithe was ranked number 3565 for popularity in the UK. |
The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Waithe on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of James Waithe in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. 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 Waithe and the Waithe Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Waithe 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 Waithe family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for James Waithe at Find My Past.
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Look at the LDS Database for records about James Waithe.
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| Did you know that there are currently 141 people with the Waithe surname in the UK? Waithe is now ranked number 3909 for popularity in the UK. |
Waithe Family History Databases
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Waithe Forums
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Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on James Waithe. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called James Waithe
James Waithe
James Waithe (born 30 December 1961) is a former judoka who represented Barbados at the 1988 Summer Olympics, and England at the 2006 Commonwealth Judo Championships.He was sensei at the University of Bristol Judo club 2001.
In November 2009, Waithe was convicted of drugs offences in Bristol, England. He was reportedly the enforcer and debt collector for drug lord Craig Rodel, whose gang turned in over £50 million a year from trafficking cocaine, MDMA, heroin and firearms. In one incident Waithe and an associate tied a man to a chair, beat him with nunchuks, stuck a cigarette in his ear and put his hands in a toaster. Police were alerted to the gang's operations after a burglary was called into a flat owned by Waithe, where police discovered an 'industrial-scale' cocaine factory.
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