Researching William Marchant
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4643 people with the Marchant surname? In that year Marchant was ranked number 911 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Marchant on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Marchant and the Marchant Genealogy
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Marchant Family Tree Databases
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Some Famous People called William Marchant
William Marchant (loyalist)
William "Frenchie" Marchant (9 August 1947 – 28 April 1987) was a Northern Irish loyalist and a high-ranking volunteer in the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). He was on a Garda list of suspects in the 1974 Dublin car bombings, and was allegedly the leader of the Belfast UVF unit known as "Freddie and the Dreamers" which hijacked and stole the three cars which were used in the bombings.
Nine days after the bombings he was arrested and interned at the Maze Prison in relation to the bombings. When questioned by detectives regarding the latter he refused to answer. He was never brought to trial due to lack of evidence. Marchant held the rank of major in the UVF's A Company, 1st Battalion Belfast Brigade. He was shot to death by a Provisional IRA volunteer from a passing car as he stood outside "The Eagle" chip shop below the offices where the UVF Brigade Staff had their headquarters on the Shankill Road.
Source: William Marchant (loyalist), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaWilliam Lavington Marchant
William Lavington Marchant (30 May 1828 – 1889) was a pastoralist and businessman in South Australia.
Marchant was born in Freashford in Somerset in 1828 and arrived in Australia aboard the Fairlie in 1840. He arrived with his father, William L. Marchant Snr, who died shortly after arriving, his mother and five brothers.
His brother, Thomas Balne Marchant, established the Mannanarie run initially as a cattle station but eventually changed to become a sheep station in the 1840s. After the death of Thomas in 1852 and a new lease was issued to William in 1854.
Marchant introduced Durham cattle and Clydesdale horses to South Australia and was involved in many stations in the north of South Australia including Mannanarie, Edeowie, Aroona and Burnside Station. He eventually retired to Adelaide and returned to England, where he died.
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