Researching Merven Clair
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 111 people with the Clair surname? In that year Clair was ranked number 3468 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Merven Clair on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Merven Clair and the Clair Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Clair 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 Clair family tree.
Search Parish Records for Merven Clair at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Merven Clair using the FreeBMD database.
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Explore the LDS Database for records about Merven Clair.
Research the Clair surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Clair Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 275 people with the Clair surname in the UK? Clair is now ranked number 3784 for popularity in the UK. |
Clair Genealogy Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
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Find Merven Clair from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Clair Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Clair surname in the USA? Clair is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Clair Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Merven Clair. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Merven Clair
Merven Clair
Merven Clair (born 2 July 1993) is a Mauritian boxer. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's middleweight event, in which he was eliminated in the first round by Hosam Bakr Abdin. He also competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in the welterweight class where he was also eliminated in the first round, that time by Kenya's Rayton Okwiri. At the 68th edition of the Strandja Memorial in February 2017, he placed third after a defeat in the semifinals to eventual tournament winner Pat McCormack. At the 2017 African Boxing Championships in Brazzaville, Clair secured a silver medal in the 69 kg weight class, suffering his only defeat of the tournament in the final against Muzamiru Kakande from Uganda. He won the gold medal at the 2019 African Games in Rabat, Morocco in the welterweight class by defeating the Nigerian boxer Abdulafeez Osoba in the final. At the 2020 African Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament, he was defeated in the quarterfinals by Stephen Zimba by referee stoppage in the second round.
He qualified to represent Mauritius at the 2020 Summer Olympics and competed in the men's welterweight event.
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