Researching Oswald Hickson
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2067 people with the Hickson surname? In that year Hickson was ranked number 1789 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Oswald means "God of the Forest" and is of English origin.
Records of Oswald Hickson on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Oswald Hickson in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Oswald Hickson and the Hickson Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Hickson 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 Hickson family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Oswald Hickson at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Oswald Hickson using the FreeBMD database.
Investigate Genealogy Bank for Oswald Hickson records.
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Search the LDS Database for records about Oswald Hickson.
Research the Hickson surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Hickson Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 2434 people with the Hickson surname in the UK? Hickson is now ranked number 2090 for popularity in the UK. |
Hickson Family Tree 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 Oswald Hickson from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Hickson Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
Research the Hickson surname using Genealogy.com forums .
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Miscellaneous Hickson Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Oswald Hickson. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Oswald Hickson
Oswald Hickson
Oswald Squire Hickson (2 April 1877 – 9 January 1944) was an English lawyer, particularly known for his work in defamation litigation and in human rights cases during the Second World War.
As a youth, Hickson played cricket for Northamptonshire in 1897 and 1898 in the Minor Counties Championship. He was educated at University College, London and admitted as a solicitor in 1902. He started work in London and helped build the reputation of the firm Oswald Hickson, Collier and Co..
During the Second World War, Hickson came to act for a number of people interned in England under Defence Regulation 18B, most famously Ben Greene, whose appeal against detention was ultimately rejected by the House of Lords in the landmark case of Liversidge v. Anderson (sic). Greene's brother, Edward, described Hickson: "He rather reminded me of a character out of Dickens; big fellow, huge fellow, hair standing all on end."
Greene was eventually released when the MI5 agent provocateur Harald Kurtz, who had given the key evidence against him, was exposed, largely through Hickson's efforts.
He served on the Lord Chancellor's committee to report on the Law of Defamation.
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