Researching Jane Colden
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 33 people with the Colden surname? In that year Colden was ranked number 3546 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jane means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jane Colden on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jane Colden and the Colden Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Colden 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 Colden family tree.
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Colden Family Tree Databases
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Colden Forums
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Miscellaneous Colden Databases
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Some Famous People called Jane Colden
Jane Colden
Jane Colden (March 27, 1724 – March 10, 1766) was an American botanist, described as the "first botanist of her sex in her country" by Asa Gray in 1843. Although not acknowledged in contemporary botanical publications, she wrote a number of letters resulting in botanist John Ellis writing to Carl Linnaeus of her work applying the Linnaean system of plant identification to American flora, for which botanist Peter Collinson stated "she deserves to be celebrated". Contemporary scholarship maintains that she was the first female botanist working in America. She was regarded as a respected botanist by many prominent botanists including John Bartram, Peter Collinson, Alexander Garden, and Carl Linnaeus. Colden is most famous for her untitled manuscript, housed in the British Museum, in which she describes the flora of the Hudson Valley in the Newburgh region of New York state, including ink drawings of 340 different species.
Source: Jane Colden, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Colden
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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