Researching Vaughan Cornish
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4321 people with the Cornish surname? In that year Cornish was ranked number 979 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Vaughan means "small" and is of Celtic origin.
Records of Vaughan Cornish on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Vaughan Cornish and the Cornish Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cornish 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 Cornish family tree.
Search Parish Records for Vaughan Cornish at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Vaughan Cornish using the FreeBMD database.
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Explore the LDS Database for records about Vaughan Cornish.
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| Did you know that there are currently 4810 people with the Cornish surname in the UK? Cornish is now ranked number 1230 for popularity in the UK. |
Cornish Family Tree Databases
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Cornish Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 15191 people with the Cornish surname in the USA? Cornish is ranked number 152 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Cornish Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Vaughan Cornish. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Vaughan Cornish
Vaughan Cornish
200px|thumb|right|Vaughan CornishVaughan Cornish (22 December 1862 - 1 May 1948) was an English geographer.
He was the son of the vicar of Debenham, Charles John Cornish (1834-1913) and Anne Charlotte Cornish (1831-1887). His brother was Charles John Cornish. He was educated at home before attending St Paul's School, London, when he was 17. He studied chemistry at the Victoria University of Manchester, graduating with a first class BSc (1888). He then gained a MSc (1892) and a DSc (1901).
He visited the building of the Panama Canal in 1907, documented in his The Panama Canal and its Makers (1909). He visited the site again in 1910. He was interested in the strategy and political geography of the British Empire, hoping that British emigration to the Empire would promote the future interests of the "white races".
In 1928-29, he served as the President of the Geographical Association in the UK.
Source: Vaughan Cornish, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cornish
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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