Researching Will Stanton
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5972 people with the Stanton surname? In that year Stanton was ranked number 708 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Will means "Form of WILLIAM. resolute guardian" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Will Stanton on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Will Stanton and the Stanton Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Stanton 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 Stanton family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 8632 people with the Stanton surname in the UK? Stanton is now ranked number 682 for popularity in the UK. |
Stanton Family Tree Databases
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Stanton Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 39497 people with the Stanton surname in the USA? Stanton is ranked number 144 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Stanton Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Will Stanton. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Will Stanton
Will Stanton (actor)
William Sidney "Will" Stanton (September 18, 1885 – December 18, 1969) was an American character actor, whose career spanned the first twenty-five years of the sound film era. Born in London, England, Stanton broke into the film industry at the very tail end of the silent film era in 1927, appearing in several film shorts for Hal Roach Studios. He would debut in a feature film with a small role in Raoul Walsh's 1928 silent film, Sadie Thompson, starring Gloria Swanson, Lionel Barrymore, and Walsh. During the following 20 years he would appear in another 70 films, mostly in small and supporting roles.
Notable films in which he appeared include: the 1933 version of Alice in Wonderland, whose ensemble cast included Cary Grant, W.C. Fields, Gary Cooper and Edward Everett Horton; the classic Mutiny on the Bounty (1935), starring Charles Laughton and Clark Gable; the 1936 film adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper's classic, Last of the Mohicans, directed by George B. Seitz, and starring Randolph Scott; The Prince and the Pauper (1937), starring Errol Flynn and Claude Rains; Howard Hawks' 1941 classic, Sergeant York, with Gary Cooper; and The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947), directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, and starring Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, and George Sanders. His final big screen appearance would be as a cab driver in the Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn romantic comedy, Adam's Rib, directed by George Cukor. Stanton would make one last acting performance, appearing on an episode of television's Schlitz Playhouse in 1954. Stanton died on December 18, 1969 in Los Angeles, California, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.
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