Researching William Orpen
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 116 people with the Orpen surname? In that year Orpen was ranked number 3463 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Orpen on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Orpen and the Orpen Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Orpen 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 Orpen family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for William Orpen at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of William Orpen using the FreeBMD database.
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Search the LDS Database for records about William Orpen.
Research the Orpen surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Orpen Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 120 people with the Orpen surname in the UK? Orpen is now ranked number 3930 for popularity in the UK. |
Orpen Family History Databases
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Find William Orpen from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Orpen Forums
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Miscellaneous Orpen Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on William Orpen. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called William Orpen
William Orpen
Major Sir William Newenham Montague Orpen, (27 November 1878 – 29 September 1931) was an Irish artist who worked mainly in London. Orpen was a fine draughtsman and a popular, commercially successful painter of portraits for the well-to-do in Edwardian society, though many of his most striking paintings are self-portraits.
During World War I, he was the most prolific of the official war artists sent by Britain to the Western Front. There he produced drawings and paintings of ordinary soldiers, dead men, and German prisoners of war, as well as portraits of generals and politicians. Most of these works, 138 in all, he donated to the British government; they are now in the collection of the Imperial War Museum. His connections to the senior ranks of the British Army allowed him to stay in France longer than any of the other official war artists, and although he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 1918 Birthday Honours, and also elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts, his determination to serve as a war artist cost him both his health and his social standing in Britain.
After his early death a number of critics, including other artists, were loudly dismissive of his work, and for many years his paintings were rarely exhibited, a situation that only began to change in the 1980s.
Source: William Orpen, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Orpen
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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