Researching Roger Touhy
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 9 people with the Touhy surname? In that year Touhy was ranked number 3570 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Roger means "famous spear" and is of German origin.
Records of Roger Touhy on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Roger Touhy and the Touhy Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Touhy 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 Touhy family tree.
Study Parish Records for Roger Touhy at Find My Past.
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| Did you know that there are currently 23 people with the Touhy surname in the UK? Touhy is now ranked number 4020 for popularity in the UK. |
Touhy Family Tree Databases
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Touhy Forums
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Miscellaneous Touhy Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Roger Touhy. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Roger Touhy
Roger Touhy
Roger Touhy (September 18, 1898 – December 16, 1959) was an Irish American mob boss and prohibition-era bootlegger from Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. He is best remembered for having been framed for the 1933 faked kidnapping of gangster John "Jake the Barber" Factor, a brother of cosmetics manufacturer Max Factor Sr. Despite numerous appeals and at least one court ruling freeing him, Touhy spent 26 years in prison. Touhy was released in November 1959, and murdered by the Chicago Outfit less than a month later.
Source: Roger Touhy, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Touhy
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