Researching Sophia Leung
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The name Sophia means "Form of SOPHIE. wisdom" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Sophia Leung on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Sophia Leung and the Leung Family History
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Check out Parish Records for Sophia Leung at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Sophia Leung using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Sophia Leung.
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Leung Family History Databases
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Leung Forums
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Miscellaneous Leung Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Sophia Leung. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Sophia Leung
Sophia Leung
Sophia Ming Ren Leung, CM (梁陳明任 born July 25, 1933) is a Canadian politician.
Born in Wuxi, China, she was a social worker before being elected to the House of Commons of Canada in 1997 for the riding of Vancouver-Kingsway in British Columbia. A Liberal, she was re-elected in 2000. From 2000 to 2003, she was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Revenue. Both before and after her political career, she has been involved in a great deal of volunteer activities.
In 1994, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada.
Leung was considered for a Senate seat in 2004 and supported Sam Sullivan's bid of mayor of Vancouver.
Source: Sophia Leung, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Leung
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