Researching Michael Edgerton
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 429 people with the Edgerton surname? In that year Edgerton was ranked number 3150 for popularity in the UK. |
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Records of Michael Edgerton on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Michael Edgerton and the Edgerton Family Tree
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 590 people with the Edgerton surname in the UK? Edgerton is now ranked number 3483 for popularity in the UK. |
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Edgerton surname in the USA? Edgerton is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Michael Edgerton
Michael Edward Edgerton
Michael Edward Edgerton (born October 31, 1961 in Racine, Wisconsin) is an American composer and Associate Professor of music composition & theory at the Guangxi Arts University. He received his D.M.A. in music composition from the University of Illinois at Urbana (1994); the M.M. from Michigan State University (1987) and the B.A. from the University of Wisconsin–Parkside (1984). From 1996 to 1999, Michael was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the National Center for Voice and Speech, based at the Waisman Center at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. He has studied composition with William Brooks, Morgan Powell, Jere Hutcheson and August Wegner.
Source: Michael Edward Edgerton, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Edgerton
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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