Researching Samuel Cochrane
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4639 people with the Cochrane surname? In that year Cochrane was ranked number 912 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Samuel means "asked of God" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Samuel Cochrane on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Samuel Cochrane 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 Samuel Cochrane and the Cochrane Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cochrane 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 Cochrane family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Samuel Cochrane at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Samuel Cochrane using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Samuel Cochrane.
Research the Cochrane surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Cochrane Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 7877 people with the Cochrane surname in the UK? Cochrane is now ranked number 753 for popularity in the UK. |
Cochrane Family History Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
Study the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Samuel Cochrane.
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Check out One Great Family for Cochrane records submitted by people who are already researching the Cochrane Family Tree.
Find Samuel Cochrane from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Cochrane Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Cochrane surname in the USA? Cochrane is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Cochrane Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Samuel Cochrane. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Samuel Cochrane
Samuel Cochrane
Samuel Cochrane (born November 1850, date of death unknown) was an American railroad engineer who, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was a locomotive engineer working the Erie-Meadville, Pennsylvania line later awarded the Order of the Red Spot.
Born to Cooper Samuel Cochrane, Sr. in Rochester, New York, he attended school until the age of 13 when he left to become a clerk in a local wholesale liquor warehouse. He continue work there throughout his teenage years until 1870 when he accepted a position as fireman on the Meadville-based Atlantic and Great Western Railroad line. He was engaged to Katherine Mitchell, the daughter of Erie engineer Joseph Mitchell, and married in November 1875.
After eight years of service, of which four years were spent on freight and another four on passenger, he passed the requirement to become an engineer receiving his official promotion in December 1878.
Cochrane continued running freight trains for another seventeen years and, although later allowed to run passenger trains, he requested to be transferred to local freight trains after two years. Throughout his career, Cochrane was praised for his clear record with no accidents and, a later member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Division No. 43, he held the distinction of having run the last broad-gauge engine out of Meadville before the main road was narrowed to standard gauge.
In January 1915, Cochrane was awarded the Order of the Red Spot, an award given to engine crews with minimal engine failures while in operation. Cochran continued working up until the 1920s as an engineer with the Oil City branch passenger trains between Meadville and Oil City.
Source: Samuel Cochrane, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cochrane
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