Researching Jane Cain
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6219 people with the Cain surname? In that year Cain was ranked number 668 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Jane means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jane Cain on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Jane Cain 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 Jane Cain and the Cain Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cain 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 Cain family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Jane Cain at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Jane Cain using the FreeBMD database.
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Explore the LDS Database for records about Jane Cain.
Research the Cain surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Cain Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 7376 people with the Cain surname in the UK? Cain is now ranked number 800 for popularity in the UK. |
Cain Family Tree Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Jane Cain.
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Find Jane Cain from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Cain Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
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Miscellaneous Cain Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Jane Cain. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Jane Cain
Jane Cain
Ethel Jane Cain (1 May 1909 – 19 September 1996) was a British telephonist and the original voice of the speaking clock in the United Kingdom. She was appointed in 1936 following a "search for the Girl with the Golden Voice". Her voice was used from 1936 until 1963, when it was replaced by Pat Simmons. She also made a record for the GPO helping other staff improve their speaking voice and went on to become announcer for Henry Hall during one of his broadcast concerts. She was later offered a film part by Columbia Pictures under the name of Jane Cain.
Originally the speaking clock was accessed by dialing 846, spelling out the letters T-I-M, on the telephone dial in 'Director Area' (London, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool & Manchester) and 952 as it was introduced elsewhere in the UK. Later the code on non-director exchanges became 80 and then 8081 before finally becoming standardised everywhere as 123, away from the numbering ranges used by subscribers.
In the mid to late 1950s, she was a member of Perth Repertory Theatre Company.
Her only known big screen role was the lead in the 1935 film, Vanity. She is also credited with small roles in the TV series Starr and Company (1958) and Thirty-Minute Theatre (1961).
Her voice lives on as the voice of the virtual operator on C*NET, a worldwide network of old telephone exchanges preserved by collectors which uses a voice recognition system when '0' or '100' are dialled for the 'operator'.
Source: Jane Cain, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cain
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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