Researching Margaret Cockburn
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3821 people with the Cockburn surname? In that year Cockburn was ranked number 1113 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Margaret means "child of light" and is of Persian origin.
Records of Margaret Cockburn on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Margaret Cockburn and the Cockburn Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cockburn 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 Cockburn family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Margaret Cockburn at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Margaret Cockburn using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Margaret Cockburn.
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| Did you know that there are currently 3949 people with the Cockburn surname in the UK? Cockburn is now ranked number 1456 for popularity in the UK. |
Cockburn Family History Databases
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Cockburn Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Cockburn surname in the USA? Cockburn is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Cockburn Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Margaret Cockburn. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Margaret Cockburn
Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn
Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn (2 July 1829 – 26 March 1928) was an artist and amateur ornithologist who lived in the Nilgiris in India. She was born in Salem, India, and her father was the Collector of the District, M. D. Cockburn. The family initially visited Kotagiri in summer but settled permanently around 1855 at "Hope Park". Cockburn experimented on tea planting at Alports Estate and made numerous observations on local natural history and many of these were reported in the works of Allan Octavian Hume. She also made paintings of local birds and flora. The Natural History Museum, London, produced a diary in 2002 with illustrations made by her of the fauna and flora of the Kotagiri region. A collection of butterflies was also bequeathed to the Natural History Museum.
She set up the first school for Badagas and contributed towards the construction of a church at Kotagiri in 1867 which was later taken over by the Basel Mission. A subspecies of Anthus similis from the Nilgiri region was named after her, but this is no longer considered valid.
Source: Margaret Bushby Lascelles Cockburn, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cockburn
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