Researching Jean Wilson
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 137543 people with the Wilson surname? In that year Wilson was ranked number 7 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Jean Wilson on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Jean Wilson 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 Jean Wilson and the Wilson Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Wilson 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 Wilson family tree.
Search Parish Records for Jean Wilson at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Jean Wilson using the FreeBMD database.
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Research the Wilson surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Wilson Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 182727 people with the Wilson surname in the UK? Wilson is now ranked number 7 for popularity in the UK. |
Wilson Family Tree Databases
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Wilson Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 1029966 people with the Wilson surname in the USA? Wilson is ranked number 7 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Wilson Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Jean Wilson. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Jean Wilson
Jean Wilson (speed skater)
Jean Wilson was an Olympic Speed Skater.
She was born on July 19, 1910 in Glasgow but her family emigrated to Canada when she was a child. She began to skate at the age of 15 and represented Canada at the 1932 Olympics where Women's speed skating was a demonstration event. She won the 500 metre event, broke the Olympic record on two occasions on the way to claiming second place in the 1,500 metres and fell, while in the lead, just before the finish line in the 1,000 metres after Kit Klein from the United States.
She developed myasthenia gravis, an auto immune disease and died on September 3, 1933 at the age of 23. In 1934 the Jean Wilson Trophy for indoor women's speed skating was created by the Toronto Telegram in her memory.
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