Researching John Condon
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 830 people with the Condon surname? In that year Condon was ranked number 2753 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Condon on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Condon and the Condon Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Condon 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 Condon family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1843 people with the Condon surname in the UK? Condon is now ranked number 2443 for popularity in the UK. |
Condon Family Tree Databases
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Condon Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Condon surname in the USA? Condon is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Condon Databases
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John Condon (British Army soldier)
John Condon (5 October 1897 – 24 May 1915) was an Irish soldier born in Waterford, long believed to have been the youngest Allied soldier killed during the First World War, at the age of 14 years, as shown on his gravestone.
It is now believed from a birth certificate, census, war diaries and other records that John Condon was 18 years old at the recorded date of his death and that the wrong individual is named on the grave. The headstone in and the CWGC record continue to assert the challenged data.
It is asserted and documented that *The body in the unmarked grave was misidentified as Condon based on an ambiguous boot stamping 6322 4/R.I.R. found at exhumation.*The stamp was interpreted by the Imperial War Graves Commission as being Regimental Number 6322 of the 4th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment.*Condon was not in the 4th but the 3rd battalion*The same stamping could denote 6322 Rifleman Patrick Fitzsimmons, 2nd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles, KIA 16 June 1915, who had been in the 4th battalion Royal Irish Rifles.*While the 2nd R.I. Rifles fought at the location of the exhumation, the 3rd R.I. Regiment did not.*No body was ever identified as 6322 Rifleman Patrick Fitzsimmons. He is listed on the Menin Gate memorial.
Source: John Condon (British Army soldier), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Condon
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