Researching Ronald Chow
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 19 people with the Chow surname? In that year Chow was ranked number 3560 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Ronald means "powerful, mighty" and is of English origin.
Records of Ronald Chow on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ronald Chow and the Chow Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Chow 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 Chow family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 1027 people with the Chow surname in the UK? Chow is now ranked number 3079 for popularity in the UK. |
Chow Genealogy Databases
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Chow Forums
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Chow surname in the USA? Chow is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
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Ronald Chow
Ronald Chow Mei-tak ( born 1951) was the member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Health functional constituency.
Chow graduated from the University of Hong Kong, with a bachelor's degree in Social Sciences. He also got a diploma in health administration. He became a registered nurse in Hong Kong and a state registered nurse in the United Kingdom. He was also an organizer for the AIA Group Limited.
He became one of the three Legislative Councillors of the United Democrats of Hong Kong, the first pro-democratic political party when it established in 1990. But he soon quit the party for the Hong Kong Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood (ADPL). In the first Legislative Council direct election in 1991, he contested in the New Territories North constituency but was lost to Meeting Point's Tik Chi-yuen and United Democrats' Fung Chi-wood.
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