Researching Roy Pinney
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 418 people with the Pinney surname? In that year Pinney was ranked number 3161 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Roy means "King" and is of French origin.
Records of Roy Pinney on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Roy Pinney and the Pinney Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 701 people with the Pinney surname in the UK? Pinney is now ranked number 3380 for popularity in the UK. |
Pinney Family Tree Databases
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Pinney Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Pinney surname in the USA? Pinney is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Pinney Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Roy Pinney. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Roy Pinney
Roy Pinney
Roy Schiffer Pinney (August 13, 1911 – August 9, 2010) was a professional photographer, herpetologist, writer, journalist, war correspondent and pilot.
Pinney was the former president of the New York Herpetological Society and the author of The Snake Book. He was also an ardent spelunker and the author of Cave Exploration. Roy Pinney worked for the New York Daily News (Brooklyn Section, editor Jack Hoins) for 18 years working as photographer and writer, a familiar figure around New York City arriving on assignments on his 1928 Indian chief motorcycle. He later freelanced for Life, Look, Colliers, and Woman's Day and other magazines often going on his assignments in his World War II BT-13 plane. He was a founder and trustee of the ASMP. He was the photographer on more than seventy scientific trips. He was the producer of the American TV series "Secrets of Nature" (1955–59) and the cameraman and director of the Wild Cargo series in 1961. He was the oldest surviving of the 500 war correspondents to cover the D-Day invasion of Normandy before his death in 2010. He lived in Midtown Manhattan in New York City, the city of his birth.
Source: Roy Pinney, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Pinney
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