Researching Maurice Southgate
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2346 people with the Southgate surname? In that year Southgate was ranked number 1636 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Maurice means "Moor, Dark Skinned" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Maurice Southgate on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Maurice Southgate and the Southgate Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Southgate 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 Southgate family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 2995 people with the Southgate surname in the UK? Southgate is now ranked number 1811 for popularity in the UK. |
Southgate Family Tree Databases
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Southgate Forums
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Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Maurice Southgate. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Maurice Southgate
Maurice Southgate (20 June 1913 – 17 March 1990), code named Hector, was an officer in the Royal Air Force and an agent of the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) organization during World War II. The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in occupied Europe against the Axis powers, especially Nazi Germany. SOE agents allied themselves with resistance groups and supplied them with weapons and equipment parachuted in from England.
Southgate was the organiser (leader) of the SOE's STATIONER network (or circuit) operating in a large area centered on Châteauroux in central France and Tarbes in southern France from 1942 to 1944. He was captured by the SS in Montluçon in 1944 and deported to Buchenwald concentration camp where he survived until its liberation by American forces in 1945. Southgate was regarded by Maurice Buckmaster, head of SOE's French Section, as one of his best agents.
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