Researching Michael Eke
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 537 people with the Eke surname? In that year Eke was ranked number 3042 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Michael Eke on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Michael Eke and the Eke Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Eke 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 Eke family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 866 people with the Eke surname in the UK? Eke is now ranked number 3227 for popularity in the UK. |
Eke Genealogy Databases
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Eke Forums
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Some Famous People called Michael Eke
Michael Eke
Michael Eke (born 1968) is the former employee of Cambridgeshire Police who received an MBE that was later stripped following his conviction for fraud.
A native of March, Cambridgeshire, Eke had created bogus events for young children and gained thousands of pounds in National Lottery grants that funded the non-existent schemes. He had received the MBE in 2003, but was first suspected of fraud as part of an RAF (due to his handling of the ATC Squadron he commanded) and subsequent police investigation two years later. Eke had gained false references to get his job as stationery manager, and then stole computers from the police.
Eke was found guilty of theft and deception at Norwich Crown Court on 30 August 2006. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison on 3 October, and he was stripped of his MBE on 30 November.
He was also ordered to pay £26,935 to the March Air Training Corps (of which he was officer commanding) and £13,325 to Awards for All, a lottery grants scheme. To this date he is the only member of the ATC to have been court martialed.
His sister, Mrs Beryl Hudson, disowned him, claiming he had stolen thousands of pounds from his dying mother, and then took his children on a day trip to Hunstanton the day she died. He was released from prison in July 2007.
Source: Michael Eke, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Eke
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