Researching William Gerrard
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3827 people with the Gerrard surname? In that year Gerrard was ranked number 1112 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Gerrard on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Gerrard and the Gerrard Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 4977 people with the Gerrard surname in the UK? Gerrard is now ranked number 1187 for popularity in the UK. |
Gerrard Family Tree Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Gerrard surname in the USA? Gerrard is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called William Gerrard
William Tyrer Gerrard
William Tyrer Gerrard (1831 – 9 July 1866) was an English botanical collector in Natal and Madagascar in the 1860s. The genus Gerrardanthus is named in his honor.
Gerrard was born in Knowsley, Merseyside, England, and died at age 34 of yellow fever in July 1866, in Foulepointe (now Mahavelona), Madagascar. He was active as a botanical collector in Australia and then Natal, where he first collected several genera and over 150 previously unknown species, and from which he sent a stuffed aardvark to the Free Public Library, Derby Museum. He left Natal in April 1865 for coastal Madagascar, where he made large collections of plants, insects, and birds, before succumbing to illness. He last bequest of specimens to Derby Museum in Liverpool was in 1867.
Source: William Tyrer Gerrard, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Gerrard
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