Researching Sophia Chan
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 12 people with the Chan surname? In that year Chan was ranked number 3567 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Sophia means "Form of SOPHIE. wisdom" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Sophia Chan on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Sophia Chan 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 Sophia Chan and the Chan Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Chan 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 Chan family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Sophia Chan at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Sophia Chan using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records about Sophia Chan.
Research the Chan surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Chan Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 8171 people with the Chan surname in the UK? Chan is now ranked number 720 for popularity in the UK. |
Chan Family History Databases
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Study the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Sophia Chan.
Study MyTrees for information on the Chan family and people looking to contact living Chan relations.
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Find Sophia Chan from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Chan 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 48612 people with the Chan surname in the USA? Chan is ranked number 141 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Chan Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Sophia Chan. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Sophia Chan
Sophia Chan
Sophia Chan Siu-chee JP ( born 1958) is a Hong Kong professor and politician. She is the incumbent Secretary for Food and Health since 1 July 2017.
She was educated at the St. Paul's Secondary School. She subsequently graduated from the University of Manchester with a Master of Education, the Harvard University with a Master of Public Health and the University of Hong Kong with a Doctor of Philosophy Degree. She was a Professor in Nursing and Director of Research in HKU's School of Nursing and an Assistant Dean of the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine of HKU.
She was involved in tobacco control and smoking cessation promotion and was a consultant to the World Health Organization on training health-care professionals in tobacco dependency treatment interventions through advocacy and education.
In 2012, she was appointed as the Under Secretary for Food and Health. In 2017, she was appointed Secretary for Food and Health of the administration of Carrie Lam.
Subsequently, in 2018 she declined to speak in support of banning bear-bile products, the production of which is considered inhumane and cruel, in Hong Kong.
In February 2021, Chan gave approval for emergency use of the Sinovac vaccine, and granted it an exemption from a rule that stated vaccines must have third phase clinical trial data published in a journal.
In April 2021, Chan briefed varies industries (catering, agriculture and fisheries, Chinese medicine, and health services) on why the NPCSC implemented rules to only allow "patriots" to serve in the government, and asked for their full support. In addition, she said that she fully supports the changes. In December 2021, Chan claimed that having only "patriots" serve in the government would help the global fight against COVID-19.
Source: Sophia Chan, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Chan
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