Researching Robert Nixon
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 9123 people with the Nixon surname? In that year Nixon was ranked number 448 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Robert means "bright fame" and is of English origin.
Records of Robert Nixon on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Robert Nixon and the Nixon Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Nixon 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 Nixon family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 12700 people with the Nixon surname in the UK? Nixon is now ranked number 450 for popularity in the UK. |
Nixon Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 54688 people with the Nixon surname in the USA? Nixon is ranked number 139 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Nixon Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Robert Nixon. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Robert Nixon (politician)
Robert Fletcher Nixon, (born July 17, 1928) is a Canadian retired politician in the province of Ontario, Canada. The son of former Premier of Ontario Harry Nixon, he was first elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a 1962 by-election following his father's death. The younger Nixon was elected leader of the Ontario Liberal Party in 1967 and led them through three provincial elections, the first two where the Liberals retained their standing as the second-largest party and official opposition in the legislature. Nixon resigned as party leader in 1976, and was succeeded by Stuart Smith after a leadership convention. Nixon remained a prominent member of the Liberal caucus after standing down from the party leadership, including two stints as interim opposition leader, and served as Provincial Treasurer and Deputy Premier in the government of David Peterson from 1985 to 1990.
Source: Robert Nixon (politician), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Robert Samuel Nixon
Robert Samuel Nixon (22 May 1909 – 21 September 1997)was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Bob Nixon studied at Mountjoy School in Dublin, then at Queen's University, Belfast, where he qualified as a doctor of medicine. At the 1953 Northern Ireland general election, he was elected for the Ulster Unionist Party in North Down.
In 1965, Nixon revealed that unionists in Derry had helped convince the Government of Northern Ireland to site the New University of Ulster in Coleraine, rather than their own city, which had a Roman Catholic majority. In response to this, he was suspended from the Parliamentary party for several months. He stood down at the 1969 Northern Ireland general election, but stood unsuccessfully as an independent Unionist in the 1970 general election, again in North Down.
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