Researching Vincent Gerard
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 511 people with the Gerard surname? In that year Gerard was ranked number 3068 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Vincent means "Conqueror, Victor" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Vincent Gerard on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Vincent Gerard and the Gerard Family History
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Gerard Family History Databases
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Vincent Gerard (bishop)
George Vincent Gerard, (24 November 1898 – 14 January 1984) was the seventh Anglican Bishop of Waiapu, serving from 1938 to 1944. He served with distinction in both World Wars.
Gerard was educated at Christ's College, Christchurch. He came to England in 1917 and joined the Inns of Court Regiment and was soon offered a commission with the East Kents (the Buffs). He served in France and earned a Military Cross. Gerard then obtained a degree at Brasenose College, Oxford and was ordained in 1923. He returned to New Zealand and embarked on his ecclesiastical career with a curacy in Timaru. Later he was Vicar of Pahiatua, then Petone, and finally (before his appointment to the episcopate) of St Matthew, Auckland. He served as Senior Chaplain to the New Zealand forces when the Second World War broke out but was taken prisoner in 1941 and repatriated in 1943. He was appointed CBE in 1944. He was then Senior NZ Chaplain in the South Pacific until the War ended. By 1945 Gerard had renewed his acquaintance with Leslie Hunter, by then Bishop of Sheffield, with whom he had worked in Barking in the 1920s. Gerard was appointed vicar and rural dean of Rotherham and, in 1947, Assistant Bishop of Sheffield. He became 'a loved and honoured figure throughout the diocese'. Gerard remained Assistant Bishop until 1971 and was Chairman of the Home Clergy, Church Assembly, from 1965 to 1970. He died in 1984.
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