Researching Walter Church
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6534 people with the Church surname? In that year Church was ranked number 625 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Walter means "powerful warrior" and is of German origin.
Records of Walter Church on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Walter Church and the Church Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 7671 people with the Church surname in the UK? Church is now ranked number 771 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 48612 people with the Church surname in the USA? Church is ranked number 141 for popularity in the USA. |
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Walter Church (Australian politician)
Walter Church (1829 – 28 February 1901) was an English-born Australian politician.
He was born in London to mariner John Foster Church and Barbara Ann George. He migrated to New South Wales around 1839 and became a custom house agent. On 1 September 1849 he married Annie Esther Stubbs, with whom he had eleven children. A second marriage on 22 April 1899 to Miriam Kate Cohen produced no children. From 1868 he worked as a grocer. In 1869 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Goldfields West, serving until his defeat in 1872. Church died in Sydney in 1901.
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