Researching Marian Thayer
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 183 people with the Thayer surname? In that year Thayer was ranked number 3396 for popularity in the UK. |
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Records of Marian Thayer on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Marian Thayer and the Thayer Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Thayer 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 Thayer family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 217 people with the Thayer surname in the UK? Thayer is now ranked number 3838 for popularity in the UK. |
Thayer Family Tree Databases
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Thayer Forums
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 21268 people with the Thayer surname in the USA? Thayer is ranked number 150 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Thayer Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Marian Thayer. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Marian Thayer
Marian Thayer
Marian Longstreth Thayer (November 9, 1872 – April 14, 1944) was an American socialite and survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. She was the wife of John Borland Thayer II, a Director and Second Vice President of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and the mother of John Borland "Jack" Thayer III. in 1912, all three of them, along with their maid Margaret Fleming, were passengers on maiden voyage when it struck an iceberg and sank. Marian, Jack III, and Fleming all survived, but John II perished.
Source: Marian Thayer, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Thayer
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