Researching John Wellington
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1411 people with the Wellington surname? In that year Wellington was ranked number 2237 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Wellington on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Wellington and the Wellington Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Wellington 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 below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. 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 Wellington family tree.
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Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of John Wellington using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1802 people with the Wellington surname in the UK? Wellington is now ranked number 2470 for popularity in the UK. |
Wellington Family History Databases
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Wellington Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Wellington surname in the USA? Wellington is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called John Wellington
John Wellington
The Right Reverend John Wellington was an Anglican missionary bishop in China during the first half of the 20th century.
Born into an ecclesiastical family on 28 December 1889, he was the son of the Reverend G. Wellington. Educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Wimborne and at Salisbury Theological College, he was ordained in 1913. He served as curate at St Martin's, Salisbury before heading to China as a missionary. He was in Shantung until 1935 when he returned to England as Vicar of Holy Trinity, Bedford. From 1940 to 1950 he served as the last Anglican Bishop of Shantung (before the Church was nationalised by the Communists). During the Second World War, he was interned by Japanese in China, and released in 1945. Returning to England, he was Vicar of St Germans, Cornwall and Assistant Bishop of Truro; and, in 1953, became Archdeacon of Bodmin. Retiring in 1960, he died on 11 September 1976.
Source: John Wellington, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJohn Henry Wellington
John Henry Wellington (February 3, 1861 – March 24, 1937) was a railway worker, coal merchant and political figure in Saskatchewan. He represented Moose Jaw City in the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan from 1905 to 1912 as a Provincial Rights Party member.
He was born in Forest, Ontario, the son of John Wellington, and was educated in Forest and in Saginaw City, Michigan. Wellington worked as a fireman on the Grand Trunk Railway and as an engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. He was married twice: first to Emma Ward in 1880 and then to Margaret McPherson in 1905. Wellington lived in Moose Jaw, moving there in 1893. He retired from railway work in 1905. Wellington served as a member of the school board and police commission and as an alderman for Moose Jaw. He died at home in Moose Jaw at the age of 76.
Source: John Henry Wellington, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Wellington
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