Researching Jim Seymour
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6121 people with the Seymour surname? In that year Seymour was ranked number 686 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Jim means "Form of JAMES. one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jim Seymour on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jim Seymour and the Seymour Family History
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 9147 people with the Seymour surname in the UK? Seymour is now ranked number 633 for popularity in the UK. |
Seymour Family History Databases
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Seymour Forums
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 33421 people with the Seymour surname in the USA? Seymour is ranked number 146 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Jim Seymour
Jim Seymour (American football)
James Patrick Seymour (November 24, 1946 – March 29, 2011) was an American football wide receiver who played three seasons for the Chicago Bears in the National Football League. He was originally selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the first round of the 1969 NFL Draft, 10th pick overall. In 1974, he played for the Chicago Fire of the WFL.
Seymour played high school football at Shrine of the Little Flower High School, Royal Oak, Michigan, and college football at Notre Dame, where he was a two-time First-team All-American (1967, 1968) while also being a Second-team All-America selection in 1966. He is widely considered to be one of the Top 50 players in Notre Dame history, and is one of only five three-time football All-Americans at the school (Leon Hart, Ken MacAfee, Chris Zorich, Luther Bradley). Seymour was featured on the cover of Time Magazine in the October 28th, 1966 issue, along with Terry Hanratty. He was the older brother of former professional football player Paul Seymour.
He was traded along with Ron Smith from the Rams to the Bears for Dick Evey on September 1, 1970.
Seymour died on March 29, 2011 from cancer. He was buried in the Cedar Grove Cemetery in Notre Dame, Indiana.
Source: Jim Seymour (American football), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJim Seymour (hurdler)
James Michael Seymour (born July 27, 1949 in Fresno, California) is a retired American track and field athlete. He was a silver medalist in the 400 metres hurdles at the 1971 Pan American Games behind Ralph Mann. He also represented the USA at the 1972 Olympics where he finished in fourth place, about a meter behind the silver and bronze medalists Ralph Mann and David Hemery and more than a second faster than the 5th, 6th and 7th placers Rainer Schubert, Yevgeny Gavrilenko and Stavros Tziortzis, but about 6 meters behind gold medalist John Akii-Bua's world record. Seymour ran for the University of Washington, finishing fourth in the 1971 NCAA Championships, then third at the 1971 National Championships. After college he ran for the Southern California Striders.
Source: Jim Seymour (hurdler), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Seymour
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