Researching Jeffrey Hackney
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1306 people with the Hackney surname? In that year Hackney was ranked number 2323 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Jeffrey means "God's peace" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Jeffrey Hackney on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jeffrey Hackney and the Hackney Genealogy
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 1612 people with the Hackney surname in the UK? Hackney is now ranked number 2607 for popularity in the UK. |
Hackney Family Tree Databases
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Hackney Forums
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Hackney surname in the USA? Hackney is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
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Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Jeffrey Hackney. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Jeffrey Hackney
Jeffrey Hackney
Jeffrey Hackney (born 5 January 1941) is a legal academic specialising in property law, law of trusts, and legal history at the University of Oxford. He attended Wadham College, University of Oxford. He retired in 2009 from his position as a Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford (a post he had held since 1976), and is now an Emeritus Fellow and Keeper of the Archives for the College. He was previously a Fellow of St Edmund Hall, and has taught at various universities in North America as a visiting professor. He was Keeper of the Archives of the university from 1987 to 1995, and also chaired various university boards, as well as serving on the editorial board of the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies.
He currently holds the University post of Clerk of the Market.
Source: Jeffrey Hackney, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Hackney
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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