Researching William Caldwell
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The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Caldwell on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Caldwell and the Caldwell Family Tree
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Some Famous People called William Caldwell
William Clyde Caldwell
William Clyde Caldwell (May 14, 1843 – January 7, 1905) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Lanark North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Liberal member four times from 1872 to 1875, 1879 to 1886, 1888 to 1894 and 1898 to 1905.
He was born William Caldwell in Lanark in Canada West in 1843. He worked in his father's timber company and later became a partner in the business. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Queen's College in 1866. Around 1872, he adopted the middle name Clyde, after the Clyde River in Lanark County where the family held timber limits, to distinguish himself from several other William Caldwells in the province. On his father's death, he inherited the company and several mills in Lanark. He became part-owner of a grist mill in Carleton Place and built a sawmill in Almonte. He also owned a woollen mill in Lanark. He was elected in an 1872 by-election to represent Lanark North in the Ontario legislature. In 1883, he moved to Kingston but kept property in Lanark. Caldwell was also a member of the Freemasons. He died in Lanark in 1905. Caldwell Street in Lanark is named after him.
Source: William Clyde Caldwell, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaWilliam Murray Caldwell
William Murray Caldwell (May 18, 1832 – September 29, 1870) was a New Brunswick businessman and political figure. He represented Restigouche in the House of Commons of Canada as a Liberal member from 1868 to 1870.
He was born in Douglastown, New Brunswick (now part of Miramichi) in 1832, the son of William Caldwell, was educated at Campbellton and settled in Dalhousie. In 1857, Caldwell married a Miss McGregor. He was a justice in the Court of Common Pleas and served in the local militia. He was elected in an 1868 by-election after John McMillan resigned his seat to accept the post of Inspector of Post Offices. Caldwell died in Dalhousie, New Brunswick in 1870 while still in office.
Source: William Murray Caldwell, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaWilliam Caldwell (ranger)
William Caldwell (born 1750), was an Irish immigrant to North America who became a soldier with the British Indian Department. He fought against the American rebels in the American Revolutionary War, especially with Butler's Rangers, based near upstate New York. After the war, together with other Loyalists, Caldwell was granted land in Upper Canada (now Ontario). He helped found the town of Amherstburg, near the mouth of the Detroit River. He also served as a lieutenant colonel in the War of 1812, and as the Superintendent of Indians in the Western Department. He was a merchant and farmer in Amherstburg.
Source: William Caldwell (ranger), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
William Caldwell (cricketer)
William Somerville Caldwell (26 February 1878 – 14 January 1964) was an English cricketer, who played 20 first-class games for Worcestershire in the early twentieth century. After the end of his first-class career, he also played for Cheshire in the Minor Counties Championship.
He made his debut in July 1901 in a drawn match against Kent at Worcester, but was bowled for nought in his only innings. He did little better against Sussex at the same venue at the start of August, making only 0 and 5, and did not play again until 1903. That year proved to be much his best, as he hit 403 runs at 26.86 in 16 innings including his only two hundreds, both made at Worcester: 133 against Sussex at Worcester and 101 against Leicestershire.
In 1904 Caldwell's seven matches came mostly in August. He played some useful innings — for example, his 52 and 35 opening the batting in a five-wicket win over Somerset at Taunton — but never went on to record a really big score. He did, however, take his two first-class wickets that season, both in the same innings at Edgbaston: those of Warwickshire Test cricketers Willie Quaife and Dick Lilley.
Caldwell was born in Altrincham, Cheshire; he died at the age of 85 in Littlemore, Oxfordshire.
Source: William Caldwell (cricketer), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaWilliam Hay Caldwell
William Hay Caldwell (1859 – 28 August 1941) was a Scottish zoologist. Attending Cambridge University, he was the first recipient of a studentship founded in honour of his supervisor Francis Maitland Balfour, who died in a climbing accident in 1882. Two years after graduating from Cambridge in 1880, Caldwell was appointed Demonstrator in Comparative Anatomy, working for Professor Alfred Newton. In 1884, Caldwell used his studentship, which consisted of "£200 studentship, a £500 grant, the prestige and backing of the Royal Society, and letters of introduction from Newton to travel to Australia" to investigate whether the platypus laid eggs. With the assistance of the local Aborigines, Caldwell set up camp on the banks of the Burnett River in northern Queensland, hunting for lungfish, echidna, and platypus eggs. After extensive searching assisted by a team of 150 Aborigines, he discovered a few eggs. Mindful of the high cost per word, Caldwell famously but tersely wired London, "Monotremes oviparous, ovum meroblastic." That is, monotremes lay eggs, and the eggs are similar to those of reptiles in that only part of the egg divides as it develops. Caldwell stayed away from the beginning stages of Darwinism and wanted to study evolutionary patterns himself. He believed that patterns of individual development could assist in developing and understanding the process of evolution.
Source: William Hay Caldwell, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Caldwell
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
Caldeuuelle Caldwall Cauldwell Cawldwell Coaldwell Coldwell Coldwold Couldwell
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