Researching Lawrence Wackett
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The name Lawrence means "Laurel-Crowned" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Lawrence Wackett on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Lawrence Wackett and the Wackett Genealogy
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Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Lawrence Wackett using the FreeBMD database.
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Wackett Family Tree Databases
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Wackett Forums
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Miscellaneous Wackett Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Lawrence Wackett. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Lawrence Wackett
Lawrence Wackett
Sir Lawrence James Wackett (2 January 1896 – 18 March 1982) is widely regarded as "father of the Australian aircraft industry". He has been described as "one of the towering figures in the history of Australian aviation covering, as he did, virtually all aspects of activities: pilot, designer of airframes and engines, entrepreneur and manager". He was knighted for his services to aviation and was a winner of the Oswald Watt Gold Medal. He was also a keen angler and wrote two books on the subject.
Source: Lawrence Wackett, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Wackett
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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