Researching Jonathan Lean
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The name Jonathan means "God gives" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jonathan Lean on Ancestry
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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. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Lean 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 Jonathan Lean and the Lean Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Lean 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 Lean family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 761 people with the Lean surname in the UK? Lean is now ranked number 3324 for popularity in the UK. |
Lean Family History Databases
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Lean Forums
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Miscellaneous Lean Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Jonathan Lean. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Jonathan Lean
Jonathan Lean
David Jonathan Rees Lean (born 29 May 1952) retired as Dean of St David's in the autumn of 2017.
Lean was born in Fishguard on 29 May 1952, educated at St David's University College, Lampeter, and the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, and ordained in 1976. He began his ordained ministry as a curate at Tenby after which he was vicar of the grouped parishes of Llanrhian, Llanhowell and Llanrheithan and then St Martin's, Haverfordwest. From 2000 until his appointment as deanery he was a canon residentiary at St David's Cathedral.
He appeared on ITV Cymru Wales' 2014 documentary Wales on a Bus Pass with Chris Segar, meeting Segar on the bus in Solva, before alighting at Saint David's City Hall and making his way back to work at St David's Cathedral.
Source: Jonathan Lean, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Lean
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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