Researching Peter Kearns
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 934 people with the Kearns surname? In that year Kearns was ranked number 2652 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Peter means "A Rock" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Peter Kearns on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Peter Kearns and the Kearns Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 3458 people with the Kearns surname in the UK? Kearns is now ranked number 1632 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 18229 people with the Kearns surname in the USA? Kearns is ranked number 151 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Peter Kearns
Peter Kearns
Peter Vincent Kearns (26 March 1937 – 6 July 2014) was an English footballer who scored 83 goals from 296 appearances in the Football League playing for Plymouth Argyle, Aldershot and Lincoln City. He played as an inside forward. He also played non-league football for Wellingborough Town and Corby Town, and finished his career with two seasons in the Southern League with Weymouth, where he was a director in the 1990s.
Kearns had been receiving treatment for dementia in the early 2010s and in support of his cause, his granddaughter, Hollie Kearns (aged 19 at the time) participated in a sky dive on Saturday 2 November 2013 to raise funds to find a cure. Overall she raised £700. Kearns died in a Weymouth, Dorset, care home on 6 July 2014 at the age of 77.
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