Researching Thomas Sullivan
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 12584 people with the Sullivan surname? In that year Sullivan was ranked number 323 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Thomas means "a twin" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Thomas Sullivan on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Thomas Sullivan and the Sullivan Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sullivan 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 Sullivan family tree.
Study Parish Records for Thomas Sullivan at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Thomas Sullivan using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Thomas Sullivan.
Research the Sullivan surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Sullivan Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 19318 people with the Sullivan surname in the UK? Sullivan is now ranked number 281 for popularity in the UK. |
Sullivan Family History Databases
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Sullivan Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 246098 people with the Sullivan surname in the USA? Sullivan is ranked number 78 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Sullivan Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Thomas Sullivan. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Thomas Sullivan
Thomas Crook Sullivan
Thomas Crook Sullivan (November 14, 1833 – March 11, 1908) was a brigadier general in the United States Army.
Sullivan was born at Montgomery County, Ohio, the son of Samuel Sullivan, the proprietor of Sullivan's Tavern, the brother of Ohio 2nd Dist Appellate Judge Theodore Sullivan, and the nephew of future Major General George Crook via older sister Maria Crook Sullivan. He graduated from West Point in 1856, ranking twelfth in a class of forty-nine. His first assignment was as a second lieutenant in the 1st U.S. Artillery Regiment serving on the Texas frontier and during this period was with the expedition against Juan Cortina's Mexican marauders, seeing combat near Fort Brown, Texas. He was later ordered to Washington (D.C.), arriving in the Winter of 1861, and selected as a guard for president-elect Abraham Lincoln during his first inauguration. He served throughout the American Civil War and was brevetted major and lieutenant colonel on March 13, 1865 for "faithful and meritorious service".
He remained in the army following the war, mainly in supply and subsistence roles until he retired on November 14, 1897 as Commissary General of Subsistence.
He died at the Hotel Chamberlain, Fort Monroe, Virginia, aged seventy-four. The entire garrison of officers and enlisted men turned out and gave honors and services while his remains lay in state at Fortress Monroe chapel. His cremated remains were later buried in Section one of Arlington National Cemetery. He is buried in one of only two mausoleums in Arlington, the other being that of Lieutenant General Nelson Appleton Miles in Section 3.
Source: Thomas Crook Sullivan, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaThomas Sullivan (American football)
Thomas Talbot Sullivan (September 14, 1892 – November 30, 1958) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at George Washington University in 1916, Bates College from 1919 to 1920, and St. Lawrence University from 1925 to 1937. Sullivan played college football as an end at Colgate University. He also coached baseball at St. Lawrence. Sullivan returned to his alma mater, Colgate, in 1921 as an assistant football coach under head coach Ellery Huntington Jr. He died on November 30, 1958, at Massena Memorial Hospital in Massena, New York, after suffering a heart attack.
Source: Thomas Sullivan (American football), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Sullivan
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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