Researching John Armitt
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The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Armitt on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Armitt and the Armitt Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Armitt 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 below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. 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 Armitt family tree.
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Armitt Family Tree Databases
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Armitt Forums
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Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on John Armitt. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Armitt
John Armitt
Sir John Alexander Armitt, CBE, FREng, FICE (born 2 February 1946) is an English civil engineer, and current chairman of the UK's National Infrastructure Commission.
From 2007 Armitt was chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority, the body which successfully built the venues, facilities and infrastructure for the 2012 Olympic Games. He was President of the Institution of Civil Engineers for 2015–16, having been a vice-president since 2012.
He is also chairman of the Council of the City and Guilds of London Institute and took office in October 2012. He was chairman of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council from 2007 until 2012. He was appointed chairman of National Express on 1 February 2013.
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