Researching Peter Iles
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2309 people with the Iles surname? In that year Iles was ranked number 1660 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Peter means "A Rock" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Peter Iles on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Peter Iles and the Iles Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Iles 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 Iles family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Peter Iles at Find My Past.
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| Did you know that there are currently 3302 people with the Iles surname in the UK? Iles is now ranked number 1691 for popularity in the UK. |
Iles Genealogy Databases
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Iles Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Iles surname in the USA? Iles is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Iles Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Peter Iles. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Peter Iles
Peter Iles
Peter Albert Iles (born 23 December 1926) is an American engineer and former New Zealand cricketer. He played two first-class matches for Auckland between 1946 and 1952.
Iles studied at Auckland University College, graduating Bachelor of Science in 1948, and Master of Science with second-class honours in 1952. He later moved to the United States, settling in California and becoming an American citizen, where he worked as an engineer developing solar cells, including those used on early American satellites. In 1991, Iles received the William R. Cherry Award from the IEEE Electron Devices Society for his prolonged and sustained contribution to the field of photovoltaic conversion. He continued to publish on the subject until at least 2004, contributing a chapter, "Photovoltaic conversion: space applications", to the Encyclopedia of Energy published by Elsevier that year.
Source: Peter Iles, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Iles
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