Researching John Tims
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 657 people with the Tims surname? In that year Tims was ranked number 2923 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Tims on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of John Tims 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
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Tims and the Tims Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Tims 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 Tims family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for John Tims at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of John Tims using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records about John Tims.
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| Did you know that there are currently 492 people with the Tims surname in the UK? Tims is now ranked number 3576 for popularity in the UK. |
Tims Genealogy Databases
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Tims Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Tims surname in the USA? Tims is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Tims Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on John Tims. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Tims
John Tims
John William Tims, was born in Oxford in England on 24 December 1857. He was a DD was Archdeacon of Calgary from 1898 to 1912.
Tims was educated at the Church Missionary Society College, Islington and ordained in 1884. He lived with the Blackfoot from 1883 to 1895 and learnt their language, and created a grammar and dictionary of the language. Selections from the Gospel of Matthew were published in 1887 by the Church Missionary Society (CMS) Mission Press. In 1888 he created a syllabic script, similar to Cree, for Blackfoot, for his Bible translation work. He also wrote the language in the Roman (Latin) alphabet. Parts of the Bible were translated by Rev. John William Tims. In 1890 he published the full Gospel of Matthew in Roman script by the British and Foreign Bible Society. He also published other Bible portions in Roman script, with the Society for Promotng Christian Knowledge (SPCK).
He then served as Anglican Archdeacon.
From 1916 to 1943 Tims served as Rector to the St Paul's Anglican Church at Midnapore, Calgary, Alberta. He died there on 11 September 1945 aged 87.
Source: John Tims, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Tims
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