Researching Robert Southwell
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1876 people with the Southwell surname? In that year Southwell was ranked number 1909 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Robert means "bright fame" and is of English origin.
Records of Robert Southwell on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Robert Southwell in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Robert Southwell and the Southwell Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Southwell 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 Southwell family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Robert Southwell at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Robert Southwell using the FreeBMD database.
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Research the Southwell surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Southwell Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 2076 people with the Southwell surname in the UK? Southwell is now ranked number 2299 for popularity in the UK. |
Southwell Family Tree Databases
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Check out the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Robert Southwell.
Study MyTrees for information on the Southwell family and people looking to contact living Southwell relations.
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Find Robert Southwell from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Southwell Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Southwell surname in the USA? Southwell is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Southwell Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Robert Southwell. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Robert Southwell
Robert Henry Southwell
Robert Henry Southwell (October 1745 – 29 August 1817), styled The Honourable from 1766, was an Irish politician.
He was the second son of Thomas Southwell, 1st Viscount Southwell and his wife Margaret Hamilton, daughter of Arthur Cecil Hamilton. Southwell served as lieutenant-colonel of the 8th Dragoons. In 1776, he entered the Irish House of Commons for Downpatrick, representing the constituency until 1783.
In 1786, he married Frideswide Moore, daughter of John Moore, and had by her a son and a daughter. Southwell died at Clontarf, Dublin.
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