Researching Oskar Speck
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 532 people with the Speck surname? In that year Speck was ranked number 3047 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Oskar means "Form of OSCAR. Divine Strength" and is of Scandinavian origin.
Records of Oskar Speck on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Oskar Speck and the Speck Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 734 people with the Speck surname in the UK? Speck is now ranked number 3349 for popularity in the UK. |
Speck Family Tree Databases
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Speck Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Speck surname in the USA? Speck is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Speck Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Oskar Speck. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Oskar Speck
Oskar Speck
Oskar Speck (1907–1995) was a German canoeist who kayaked from Germany to Australia. He left Germany to seek work due to being an unemployed electrical contractor in Hamburg. He initially intended to kayak to Cyprus to work in the copper mines but ended up wanting to continue the journey through Southeast Asia and the Middle East to Australia. Oskar departed from Ulm, Germany in 1932 and arrived in Australia in 1939, at the beginning of the second world war. He was accused of being a spy and was imprisoned in a prisoner-of-war camp. When the war ended, Oskar was released from imprisonment and later became a successful opal merchant in Sydney.
Source: Oskar Speck, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Speck
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