Researching Richard Marchand
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The name Richard means "strong ruler" and is of German origin.
Records of Richard Marchand on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Richard Marchand and the Marchand Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Marchand 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 Marchand family tree.
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Marchand Genealogy Databases
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Marchand Forums
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Miscellaneous Marchand Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Richard Marchand. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Richard Marchand
Richard Felix Marchand
Richard Felix Marchand (August 25, 1813, Berlin – August 2, 1850, Halle an der Saale) was a German chemist. His son was the physician Felix Jacob Marchand (1846–1928).
In 1840, Marchand was appointed professor at the University of Berlin. In 1843, he accepted an appointment as associate professor of chemistry at the University of Halle. In 1846, he became full professor there. Together with Otto Linné Erdmann, he was editor of the Journal für praktischen Chemie ("Journal of Practical Chemistry") from 1839. A large number of experimental scientific investigations are given by him in Annalen der Physik.
He died in 1850 from cholera.
Source: Richard Felix Marchand, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Marchand
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