Researching John Grenier
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 11 people with the Grenier surname? In that year Grenier was ranked number 3568 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Grenier on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Grenier and the Grenier Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Grenier 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 Grenier family tree.
Study Parish Records for John Grenier at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of John Grenier using the FreeBMD database.
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Look at the LDS Database for records about John Grenier.
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| Did you know that there are currently 55 people with the Grenier surname in the UK? Grenier is now ranked number 3990 for popularity in the UK. |
Grenier Genealogy Databases
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Grenier Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
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| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Grenier surname in the USA? Grenier is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Grenier Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on John Grenier. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Grenier
John Grenier
John Edward Grenier (August 24, 1930 – November 6, 2007) was a figure in the 1964 presidential campaign of Barry Goldwater. Grenier is one of the figures credited with using the Southern Strategy in that campaign and one of the figures responsible for the rise of the Republican Party in Alabama.
Grenier ran for the United States Senate in 1966 against John Sparkman. Grenier only won 39 percent of the vote but it was the highest percentage of the vote that anybody had won against Sparkman in Sparkman's Senate career.
Grenier was also involved in campaign of Alabama Republican Guy Hunt and the controversies which followed Hunt during his term in office.
Grenier also worked as a litigator for Lange Simpson Robinson and Somerville, one of the oldest and most distinguished law firms in Birmingham Alabama, for many years.
Grenier died of lung cancer on November 6, 2007, in a hospital in Houston, Texas.
Source: John Grenier, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Grenier
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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