Researching John Southgate
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2346 people with the Southgate surname? In that year Southgate was ranked number 1636 for popularity in the UK. |

The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Southgate on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Southgate and the Southgate Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Southgate 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 Southgate family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 2995 people with the Southgate surname in the UK? Southgate is now ranked number 1811 for popularity in the UK. |
Southgate Family Tree Databases
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Southgate Forums
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John Southgate
John Eliot Southgate (2 September 1926 – 18 December 1999) was Dean of York in the Church of England; holding this post from 1984 until 1994 when he was succeeded by Raymond Furnell.
Southgate was educated at the City of Norwich School and received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Social Studies from Durham University in 1953 and a Diploma of Theology (DipTh) in 1955.
He was ordained deacon in 1955, and priest in 1956. He served curacies at Glen Parva and Lee, south-east London He was Vicar of Plumstead from 1962 to 1966; Rector of Old Charlton from 1966 to 1972; Dean of Greenwich from 1968 to 1972; York Diocesan Secretary for Mission and Evangelism from 1972 to 1981;Vicar of Harome 1972 to 1977; and Archdeacon of Cleveland from 1974 to 1984.
While Dean Southgate conducted the service, held in 1988, after the restoration of York Minster, which caught fire in 1984. The Minster was struck by lightning four days before the retirement of the previous dean, Ronald Jasper. Southgate was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of York in 1989.
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