Researching Polly Tunney
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 258 people with the Tunney surname? In that year Tunney was ranked number 3321 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Polly means "Pet form of Molly" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Polly Tunney on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Polly Tunney and the Tunney Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Tunney 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 Tunney family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 756 people with the Tunney surname in the UK? Tunney is now ranked number 3328 for popularity in the UK. |
Tunney Family Tree Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Tunney surname in the USA? Tunney is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Tunney Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Polly Tunney. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Polly Tunney
Polly Lauder Tunney
Polly Lauder Tunney (born Mary Josephine Lauder; April 24, 1907 – April 12, 2008) was an American philanthropist and Connecticut socialite. An heiress to the United States Steel fortune through her grandfather George Lauder and her great-uncle Andrew Carnegie, Tunney drew international fame during the 1920s for her secret romance and subsequent marriage to world heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney. She almost died on her honeymoon of an abscessed appendicitis on the Croatian Islands of Brijuni. They had four children, including John V. Tunney (1934-2018), who was a U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator from California from 1965 until 1977.
Tunney was an active supporter of the arts. She served on the board of the Metropolitan Opera Guild from 1951 to 1970 alongside her first cousin G. Lauder Greenway and was the board's vice president from 1956 to 1959. She was later a member of the Guild's emeritus council from 1970 to 1992. She was also a major benefactor of the Audubon Society and the National Wildlife Federation. Lauder died two weeks short of her 101st birthday in April 2008.
Source: Polly Lauder Tunney, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Tunney
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