Researching William Coulter
Dig into the past of William Coulter using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1504 people with the Coulter surname? In that year Coulter was ranked number 2166 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Coulter on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Coulter and the Coulter Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Coulter 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 Coulter family tree.
Explore Parish Records for William Coulter at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of William Coulter using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records about William Coulter.
Research the Coulter surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Coulter Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 4155 people with the Coulter surname in the UK? Coulter is now ranked number 1399 for popularity in the UK. |
Coulter Family Tree Databases
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Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for William Coulter.
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Find William Coulter from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Coulter Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
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| Did you know that there are currently 24306 people with the Coulter surname in the USA? Coulter is ranked number 149 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Coulter Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on William Coulter. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called William Coulter
William Coulter (politician)
William Robert Coulter (1 December 1899 – 3 April 1984) was an Irish-born Australian politician.
He was born at Antrim and educated at Glasgow, arriving in New South Wales around 1918. He became an engineer, and in 1929 married Mary Joyce Buckley, with whom he had a son. In 1923 he had joined the Labor Party, and from 1941 to 1943 he was a delegate to the federal conference. He was on the party's central executive from 1941 to 1946 and was an organiser for the Industrial Groups from 1946 to 1952. In 1947 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Council. He was appointed Labor whip in 1970, a position he held until 1976. Coulter left the Council in 1978 and died at Coogee in 1984.
Source: William Coulter (politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Coulter
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