Researching William Cochran
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1143 people with the Cochran surname? In that year Cochran was ranked number 2462 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Cochran on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Cochran and the Cochran Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cochran 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 Cochran family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 872 people with the Cochran surname in the UK? Cochran is now ranked number 3221 for popularity in the UK. |
Cochran Genealogy Databases
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Some Famous People called William Cochran
William Gemmell Cochran
William Gemmell Cochran (15 July 1909 – 29 March 1980) was a prominent statistician. He was born in Scotland but spent most of his life in the United States.
Cochran studied mathematics at the University of Glasgow and the University of Cambridge. He worked at Rothamsted Experimental Station from 1934 to 1939, when he moved to the United States. There he helped establish several departments of statistics. His longest spell in any one university was at Harvard, which he joined in 1957 and from which he retired in 1976.
Source: William Gemmell Cochran, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaWilliam Cochran (artist)
William Cochran (1738–1785) was a Scottish painter.
Cochran was born at Strathearn in Clydesdale, and received his first instruction at the Academy of Painting at Glasgow, founded by the two celebrated printers, Robert and Andrew Foulis. About 1761 he went to Italy and studied under Gavin Hamilton, and on his return to Glasgow about 1766 he practised portrait painting both in oil and miniature. Some pieces from fable, executed by him when at Rome, are to be found inGlasgow. He was a modest artist, and never exhibited his works, nor put his name to them. He died at Glasgow in 1785, and was buried in the cathedral, where a monument was erected to his memory.
Source: William Cochran (artist), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Cochran
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