Researching Stephen Switzer
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 109 people with the Switzer surname? In that year Switzer was ranked number 3470 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Stephen means "crown" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Stephen Switzer on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Stephen Switzer and the Switzer Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Switzer 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 Switzer family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 238 people with the Switzer surname in the UK? Switzer is now ranked number 3818 for popularity in the UK. |
Switzer Genealogy Databases
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Switzer Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 15191 people with the Switzer surname in the USA? Switzer is ranked number 152 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Switzer Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Stephen Switzer. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Stephen Switzer
Stephen Switzer
Stephen Switzer (1682–1745) was an English garden designer and writer on garden subjects, an early exponent of the English landscape garden.
Switzer admired and emulated the formal grandeur of French broad prospects and woodland avenues, finding in the state of horticulture an index of cultural health, in Augustan Rome as in contemporary Britain. There August Designs, his example is Blenheim Palace, denote that Greatness of Mind that reigns in the English Nobility and Gentry".
His landscape design principles parallel those expressed in Alexander Pope's Epistle to Lord Burlington and the views on "natural" gardening expressed in essays by Joseph Addison.
Source: Stephen Switzer, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Switzer
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