Researching Wes Trainor
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 370 people with the Trainor surname? In that year Trainor was ranked number 3209 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Wes means "Form of WESLEY. The West Meadow" and is of English origin.
Records of Wes Trainor on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Wes Trainor and the Trainor Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Trainor 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 Trainor family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1928 people with the Trainor surname in the UK? Trainor is now ranked number 2398 for popularity in the UK. |
Trainor Genealogy Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Trainor surname in the USA? Trainor is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Wes Trainor
Wes Trainor
Thomas Weston "Bucko" Trainor (September 11, 1922 – November 21, 1991) was a professional ice hockey player who played 17 games in the National Hockey League. He played with the New York Rangers.
After playing with the Canadian Army in the UK during the war years, Wes "Bucko" Trainor was a hockey star in the Maritimes and Newfoundland through the late 1940s and 1950s. He also coached senior and minor hockey in Grand Falls and Gander NL. He has been enshrined in the PEI Sports Hall of Fame as an Athlete, and in the Sport Newfoundland and Labrador Hall of Fame as an Athlete-Builder.
Source: Wes Trainor, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Trainor
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