Researching Joseph Pilling
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3614 people with the Pilling surname? In that year Pilling was ranked number 1157 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Joseph means "God shall add (another son)" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Joseph Pilling on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Joseph Pilling and the Pilling Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Pilling 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 Pilling family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 2801 people with the Pilling surname in the UK? Pilling is now ranked number 1908 for popularity in the UK. |
Pilling Family Tree Databases
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Pilling Forums
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Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Joseph Pilling. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Joseph Pilling
Joseph Pilling
Sir Joseph Grant Pilling, KCB (born 8 July 1945) is a retired British civil servant, currently serving on the boards of the Koestler Trust and Macmillan Cancer Support.
He was educated at Rochdale Grammar School, King's College London and Harvard University.
Pilling served as the Director-General of the Prison Service from 1991 to 1993, and then Director of Resources and Services in the Department of Health, before being appointed as Permanent Secretary of the Northern Ireland Office in 1997, where he served until 2005 when he retired. But not for too long: in 2009 he accepted appointment by the Home Secretary as the UK's first and only Identity Commissioner, a role having independent oversight of the National Identity Service government database (previously known as National Identity Scheme) and its controversial mission of recording, cataloguing and processing the personal details of everyone in the UK. He took office on 1 October 2009.
In 2012 and 2013, Pilling chaired the House of Bishops of the Church of England Working Group on Human Sexuality. The group was commissioned by the House of Bishops in January 2012. It was composed of four bishops and was chaired by Pilling. In November 2013, the group submitted its report to the archbishops of Canterbury and York who published it. The archbishops recognised Pilling's comment that "disagreements have been explored in the warmth of a shared faith".
He is married to Ann, Lady Pilling, an author, and was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 2001 Birthday Honours, having previously been a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). He is a member of the Athenaeum Club.
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