Researching Peter Sirmon
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8 people with the Sirmon surname? In that year Sirmon was ranked number 3571 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Peter means "A Rock" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Peter Sirmon on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Peter Sirmon 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 Peter Sirmon and the Sirmon Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sirmon 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 Sirmon family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Peter Sirmon at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Peter Sirmon using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Peter Sirmon.
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Sirmon Family History Databases
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Find Peter Sirmon from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Sirmon Forums
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Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Peter Sirmon. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Peter Sirmon
Peter Sirmon (born February 18, 1977) is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League. He was drafted in the 2000 NFL Draft by the Tennessee Titans and played for them for his entire career from 2000 to 2006. Sirmon played college football at the University of Oregon, and high school football at Walla Walla High School, where he played quarterback and safety.
In 2008, Sirmon became the linebackers coach at Central Washington.
He was the linebackers coach at the University of Tennessee under head coach Derek Dooley in 2010 and 2011. Sirmon worked under his Oregon defensive teammate Justin Wilcox, who had become defensive coordinator at Tennessee. He also followed Wilcox in 2012 and was named the linebackers coach at University of Washington. He was brought in by Steve Sarkisian as his linebackers coach when Wilcox was hired by the University of Southern California as defensive coordinator.
On January 12, 2016, Peter Sirmon became the new defensive coordinator at Mississippi State.
In January 2017, Mississippi State replaced Sirmon and hired Todd Grantham as defensive coordinator.
Sirmon moved to the University of California, Berkeley in 2018, where he is the Bears' inside linebackers coach and defensive coordinator.
Prior to the 2019 season, Sirmon was named co-defensive coordinator at Cal.
Alongside fellow staff member Tim DeRuyter, Sirmon was named FootballScoop's Linebacker Coach of the Year in 2019.
Source: Peter Sirmon, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Sirmon
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