Researching John Pounds
Dig into the past of John Pounds using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 374 people with the Pounds surname? In that year Pounds was ranked number 3205 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Pounds on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of John Pounds in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Pounds ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Pounds and the Pounds Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Pounds 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 Pounds family tree.
Study Parish Records for John Pounds at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of John Pounds using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about John Pounds.
Research the Pounds surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Pounds Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 483 people with the Pounds surname in the UK? Pounds is now ranked number 3585 for popularity in the UK. |
Pounds Family History Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for John Pounds.
Study MyTrees for information on the Pounds family and people looking to contact living Pounds relations.
Investigate One Great Family for Pounds records submitted by people who are already researching the Pounds Family Tree.
Find John Pounds from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Pounds 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.
Research the Pounds surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Pounds surname in the USA? Pounds is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Pounds Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on John Pounds. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Pounds
John Pounds
John Pounds (June 17, 1766 – January 1, 1839) was a teacher and altruist born in Portsmouth, and the man most responsible for the creation of the concept of Ragged schools. After Pounds' death, Thomas Guthrie (often credited with the creation of Ragged Schools) wrote his Plea for Ragged Schools and proclaimed John Pounds as the originator of this idea.
Pounds was severely crippled in his mid-teens, from falling into a dry dock at Portsmouth Dockyard, where he was apprenticed as a shipwright. He could no longer work at the dockyard, and from then onwards made his living as a shoemaker.
He would scour the streets of Portsmouth looking for children who were poor and homeless, taking them into his small workshop and teaching them basic reading, writing and arithmetic skills. This small workshop was often host to as many as 40 children at any one time. John carried with him simple food items like baked potatoes to attract children.
Many years after his death, John Pounds has become a local hero in his birthplace of Portsmouth, winning a "Man of the Millennium" award in 1999 from a local newspaper, ahead of nationally more famous local heroes including Admiral Lord Nelson and Charles Dickens.
A unitarian chapel named in his memory stands in Old Portsmouth and his life was celebrated in a sacred cantata Greatheart: The Story of John Pounds, by the Rev Carey Bonner. In 2005, the John Pounds Centre was opened in Queen Street, Portsmouth to encourage "a happier and healthier lifestyle, should that be through learning, physical or social activities." Until 1975 there was a girl's secondary modern in Portsea named after him: it is now a community centre.
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