Researching Jerry Weiss
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 159 people with the Weiss surname? In that year Weiss was ranked number 3420 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jerry means "Form of GERALD. Spear Warrior" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jerry Weiss on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jerry Weiss and the Weiss Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Weiss 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 Weiss family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 54688 people with the Weiss surname in the USA? Weiss is ranked number 139 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Jerry Weiss
Jerry Weiss
Jerry Weiss (born May 1, 1946 in New York City) is an American trumpet and flugelhorn player, best known as a founding member of the jazz fusion band Blood, Sweat & Tears. He appeared on their critically acclaimed 1968 debut album, Child Is Father to the Man.
Weiss left soon afterwards to help form the short-lived horn-band, Ambergris, where he played bass guitar and piano and was the principal arranger. He also contributed three songs on the album and co-wrote another. Weiss has made infrequent appearances on recordings by other artists, including Al Kooper, a fellow Blood, Sweat & Tears member.
Source: Jerry Weiss, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJerry Weiss (artist)
Jerry Weiss (born October 21, 1959) is an American figurative, landscape, and portrait painter and a writer. He studied classical drawing, and his career has centered on both the figure (usually from life studies), and landscape (often painted in the outdoors). He says he is "intrigued by the portrait and figure as a most sacred subject."
Weiss' paintings are held in such collections as the New Britain Museum of American Art and the Harvard Club of New York. He is a contributing editor of The Artist's Magazine, for which he writes a "Master Class" feature with an overview of old masters. He is the son of the comic book artist Morris Weiss.
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