Researching Jim Caldwell
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4686 people with the Caldwell surname? In that year Caldwell was ranked number 906 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jim means "Form of JAMES. one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jim Caldwell on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jim Caldwell and the Caldwell Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 6936 people with the Caldwell surname in the UK? Caldwell is now ranked number 862 for popularity in the UK. |
Caldwell Genealogy Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 118492 people with the Caldwell surname in the USA? Caldwell is ranked number 118 for popularity in the USA. |
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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Jim Caldwell. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Jim Caldwell
Jim Caldwell (American football)
James Caldwell (born January 16, 1955) is an American football coach and former player. He served as the head football coach at Wake Forest University from 1993 to 2000, and as the head coach of the Indianapolis Colts from 2009 to 2011 and Detroit Lions from 2014 to 2017. Caldwell has been a part of two Super Bowl-winning teams in his career; as the assistant head coach and quarterbacks coach of the 2006 Colts (Super Bowl XLI) over the Chicago Bears, and as offensive coordinator of the 2012 Baltimore Ravens (Super Bowl XLVII) over the San Francisco 49ers.
Source: Jim Caldwell (American football), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Jim Caldwell (Arkansas politician)
James Ray Caldwell, known as Jim R. Caldwell (born 1936), is a retired Church of Christ minister in Tulsa, Oklahoma, who was a Republican member of the Arkansas State Senate from 1969 to 1978, the first member of his party to sit in the legislative upper chamber in the 20th century. His first two years as a senator corresponded with the second two-year term of Winthrop Rockefeller, the first Republican governor of Arkansas since Reconstruction. Caldwell was closely allied with Rockefeller during the 1969-1970 legislative sessions.
Source: Jim Caldwell (Arkansas politician), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Caldwell
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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