Researching Paddy Nolan
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4084 people with the Nolan surname? In that year Nolan was ranked number 1046 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Paddy means "Form of PATRICK. nobleman" and is of Irish origin.
Records of Paddy Nolan on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Paddy Nolan and the Nolan Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Nolan 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 Nolan family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for Paddy Nolan at Find My Past.
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Research the Nolan surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Nolan Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 11484 people with the Nolan surname in the UK? Nolan is now ranked number 508 for popularity in the UK. |
Nolan Family Tree Databases
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Nolan Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 48612 people with the Nolan surname in the USA? Nolan is ranked number 141 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Nolan Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Paddy Nolan. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Paddy Nolan
Paddy Nolan
Patrick "Paddy" James Nolan (March 3, 1862 in Limerick, Ireland – February 10, 1913 in Calgary, Alberta) was an early Canadian 'frontier' lawyer, whose fame as "the greatest wit in the west" has led to stories and legends in Canadian folklore about his criminal law practice in Calgary.
Nolan moved to Calgary in 1889, and located his office above the Calgary Herald printing house, which led to his friendship with journalist Norman Luxton. He was widely known as a hard-drinking lawyer with a sharp wit and a skill for defending the underprivileged class of society. Some of his clients included Caroline FulhamHe had an enduring friendship with the legendary journalist Bob Edwards, founder of the Eye-Opener.
A well-known tale recounts how Nolan's physical resemblance to Minister of the Interior Thomas Mayne Daly often led to the two being confused for each other. Once, after Daly had jokingly angered a legal client of Nolan's by impersonating the lawyer, Nolan got his revenge by refusing to grant a patent to a prospective homesteader, insisting that the Ministry of the Interior would require a bribe in order to look at his file - leading to Daly sending Nolan a note several days later about the "bad name" that the Ministry was getting due to his hijinx.
In 1894, Nolan and his wife Mary Elizabeth Lee had a son, Henry Grattan Nolan, who would later go on to serve as Canada's judge on the 1945-1948 International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo and who was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1956.
Source: Paddy Nolan, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Nolan
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