Researching William Cadman
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2441 people with the Cadman surname? In that year Cadman was ranked number 1587 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Cadman on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Cadman and the Cadman Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cadman 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 Cadman family tree.
Check out Parish Records for William Cadman at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of William Cadman using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about William Cadman.
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| Did you know that there are currently 3218 people with the Cadman surname in the UK? Cadman is now ranked number 1726 for popularity in the UK. |
Cadman Family History Databases
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Find William Cadman from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Cadman Forums
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Miscellaneous Cadman Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on William Cadman. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called William Cadman
William Cadman
William Cadman (Rotherhithe 4 April 1883 - Da Lat, 7 December 1948) was an English missionary in Vietnam with his American wife Grace. William and his team printed the Bible in Hanoi, and his wife Grace was the primary translator of the Bible into Vietnamese, along with John Drange Olsen. The main Protestant version in use in Vietnam today is the "Cadman version."
Cadman was a printer by profession who after conversion to Christianity left England for theological school in Canada then America. He enrolled to be a missionary in China but from there visited Vietnam where he met a South African nurse Grace Hazenberg. They married in 1915, and had one daughter who died in Hanoi. The couple ran a printing shop in Hanoi from 1917 until 1942 when they were interned by the Japanese at Mỹ Tho. They were the only couple to remain after the war. Grace Cadman died On 24 April 1946 at the age of 69 and was buried at Mạc Đĩnh Chi Cemetery, Saigon. Cadman died in Dalat, on Sunday, 7 December, and was buried there. The grave has recently been restored by the local Protestant church.
Source: William Cadman, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cadman
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