Researching Peggy Michell
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The name Peggy means "Form of MARGARET. child of light" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Peggy Michell on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Peggy Michell and the Michell Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Michell 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 below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. 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 Michell family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Peggy Michell at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Peggy Michell using the FreeBMD database.
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Michell Genealogy Databases
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Michell 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.
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Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Peggy Michell. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Peggy Michell
Peggy Michell
Margaret “Peggy” Amy Michell (née Saunders; 28 January 1905 – 19 June 1941) was a British female tennis player active in the 1920s. She is also known under her married name, Peggy Saunders-Michell.
She was educated at St Paul's Girls' School in London.
Along with Phoebe Holcroft, she won two consecutive women's doubles titles at Wimbledon (1928 and 1929) and the US Women's National Championship in 1929. With the same partner, she reached the final at the French Championships in 1927 in which they were defeated by Irene Bowder Peacock and Bobbie Heine.
Her best singles results at a Grand Slam tournament came in 1929 when she reached the fourth round at Wimbledon and the quarterfinals at the U.S. Championships where she lost to Elsie Goldsack and Helen Wills respectively. Michell competed in nine Wimbledon editions between 1925 and 1938.
She won the singles title at the British Covered Court Championships, played on wood courts at the Queen's Club in London, in 1926 and 1929. Ath the same event she also won the doubles title from 1929 to 1933, with four different partners, and the mixed doubles in 1928 and 1928.
Michell was part of the British Wightman Cup team in 1928, 1929 and 1932 and won the cup against the United States in 1928.
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