Researching William Constable
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3313 people with the Constable surname? In that year Constable was ranked number 1256 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Constable on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Constable and the Constable Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 3844 people with the Constable surname in the UK? Constable is now ranked number 1491 for popularity in the UK. |
Constable Family Tree Databases
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Constable Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Constable surname in the USA? Constable is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Constable Databases
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William Constable (cricketer)
William Constable (21 March 1851 – 31 January 1894) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm round-arm bowler who played one first-class cricket match for Kent County Cricket Club in 1876.
Constable was born at Poplar in London in 1851, the son of William and Louisa Constable. His father was a rope maker, the family moving at some point to live in the Medway Towns in Kent. He played in five Kent Colts' matches between 1874 and 1876, playing as an opening batsman before making his only first-class appearance for the Kent team against Hampshire in June 1876, scoring a single run in two innings.
A club cricketer for Rochester, Constable worked for a blacksmith in Chatham and ran a fishmonger's and poulterer's business on Rochester High Street. He married Mary Williams in 1876 and died at Rochester in 1894 aged 42.
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