Researching John Norquay
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The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Norquay on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Norquay and the Norquay Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Norquay 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 Norquay family tree.
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Norquay Family History Databases
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Norquay Forums
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Miscellaneous Norquay Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on John Norquay. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Norquay
John Lazarus Norquay
John Lazarus Norquay Sr. (April 19, 1837 – December 24, 1913) was a farmer and political figure in Manitoba who served in the Legislative Assembly of Assiniboia.
He was the son of Henry Norquay and Mary Monkman, both Métis and married Mary Sanderson in the late 1850s. Norquay farmed in the High Bluff district during the early 1860s. Around 1877, he moved to Mountain Gap, Little Saskatchewan Valley. By 1901, Norquay was living in Grandview. He died there at the age of 76.
His younger cousin John Norquay, sometimes referred to as John Norquay Jr., served as premier of Manitoba.
Source: John Lazarus Norquay, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Norquay
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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