Researching Marshall Kilduff
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 43 people with the Kilduff surname? In that year Kilduff was ranked number 3536 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Marshall means "keeper of the horses" and is of French origin.
Records of Marshall Kilduff on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Marshall Kilduff and the Kilduff Family History
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 293 people with the Kilduff surname in the UK? Kilduff is now ranked number 3766 for popularity in the UK. |
Kilduff Family History Databases
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Marshall Kilduff. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Marshall Kilduff
Marshall Kilduff
Marshall Kilduff (born February 14, 1949) is a retired journalist having written for the San Francisco Chronicle since 1971. On January 17, 2021, he announced his retirement in his regular column.
He is noted for being the coauthor of the investigatory report criticizing the leader of Peoples Temple, Jim Jones. In 1978, after the publication of the article in New West Magazine, Jones and the Peoples Temple congregation fled to Jonestown, Guyana. Kilduff has been with the Chronicle ever since, becoming an editor and later an editorial writer. He began a weekly quiz in the Chronicle's Insight section testing readers' knowledge of the news of the week.
Source: Marshall Kilduff, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Kilduff
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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