Researching Philip Christison
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 491 people with the Christison surname? In that year Christison was ranked number 3088 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Philip means "lover of horses" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Philip Christison on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Philip Christison and the Christison Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Christison 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 listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. 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 Christison family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 399 people with the Christison surname in the UK? Christison is now ranked number 3665 for popularity in the UK. |
Christison Family Tree Databases
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Christison Forums
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Some Famous People called Philip Christison
Philip Christison
General Sir Alexander Frank Philip Christison, 4th Baronet, (17 November 1893 – 21 December 1993) was a British Army officer who served with distinction during the world wars. After service as a junior officer on the Western Front in the First World War, he later distinguished himself during the Second World War, where he commanded XV Indian Corps, part of Sir William Slim's Fourteenth Army, during the Burma campaign. He then went on to have a successful postwar career, and eventually, in late 1993, lived to the age of 100.
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Other names that sound a bit like Christison
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