Researching Philip Brannon
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The name Philip means "lover of horses" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Philip Brannon on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Philip Brannon and the Brannon Family Tree
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Brannon Family Tree Databases
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Brannon Forums
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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Philip Brannon. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Philip Brannon
Philip Brannon
Philip Brannon (born 27 February 1817: Newport, Isle of Wight – died 11 June 1890: London) was an artist, engraver, writer, printer, architect and civil engineer. In the 1850s he wrote and illustrated various guidebooks to Southampton, Bournemouth and other south coast places. He designed the Church of the Saviour in Southampton (1859), and a concrete bridge over the River Axe (Lyme Bay) at Seaton, Devon (1877) which pioneered the use of the material. He was granted patents relating to the use of concrete in building design, and also for “navigable balloons”, of which he was a keen advocate.
Source: Philip Brannon, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Brannon
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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