Researching Oscar Whitbread
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1196 people with the Whitbread surname? In that year Whitbread was ranked number 2417 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Oscar means "Divine Strength" and is of Scandinavian origin.
Records of Oscar Whitbread on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Oscar Whitbread and the Whitbread Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Whitbread 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 Whitbread family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1780 people with the Whitbread surname in the UK? Whitbread is now ranked number 2486 for popularity in the UK. |
Whitbread Family Tree Databases
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Whitbread Forums
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Miscellaneous Whitbread Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Oscar Whitbread. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Oscar Whitbread
Oscar Whitbread
Oscar Ralph Whitbread (26 November 1929 – 16 May 2016) was an English-Australian producer who worked extensively in television.
He moved to Australia in the late 1940s. Whitbread started his career at the ABC in 1956, where he served as the Head of Drama, before switching to the same position with the Seven Network. He was responsible for numerous successful series including Bellbird, The Flying Doctors and the miniseries Power Without Glory.Whitbread was the senior executive producer at Crawford Productions and also worked in England for the BBC, Thames Television, Granada Television and London Weekend Television.
Source: Oscar Whitbread, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Whitbread
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