Researching Walter Essex
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 957 people with the Essex surname? In that year Essex was ranked number 2630 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Walter means "powerful warrior" and is of German origin.
Records of Walter Essex on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Walter Essex and the Essex Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Essex 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 Essex family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1468 people with the Essex surname in the UK? Essex is now ranked number 2711 for popularity in the UK. |
Essex Genealogy Databases
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Essex Forums
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Miscellaneous Essex Databases
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Walter Essex
Sir (Richard) Walter Essex (13 January 1857 – 15 September 1941) was a British businessman and Liberal Party politician.
The eldest son of John Essex, he established a wallpaper printing business. He entered local politics in the Wandsworth area of south London. At the 1900 general election he was selected by the Liberal Party to contest the seat of Lambeth, Kennington, but failed to be elected. At the next general election in 1906 he was elected as Member of Parliament for Cirencester in Gloucestershire. He held the seat until January 1910 when he was defeated by his Conservative opponent, Benjamin Bathurst. He returned to the Commons at the election of December 1910, when he was elected to represent Stafford. He was knighted in 1913 and made an honorary freeman of Stafford. Following a redistribution of seats, Essex stood at the new seat of Stoke-on-Trent, Burslem at the 1918 general election but was not elected.
Essex was twice married: to Marie Chinchen of Swanage, Dorset in 1881. Following her death in 1883 he married Lizzie Benson of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1885, with whom he had four children. He died at his home at Bourton on the Water, Gloucestershire in September 1941.
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