Researching William Owens
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 14873 people with the Owens surname? In that year Owens was ranked number 261 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Owens on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Owens and the Owens Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Owens 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 below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. 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 Owens family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 14453 people with the Owens surname in the UK? Owens is now ranked number 399 for popularity in the UK. |
Owens Family History Databases
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Owens Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 236983 people with the Owens surname in the USA? Owens is ranked number 80 for popularity in the USA. |
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on William Owens. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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William Owens (Canadian politician)
William Owens (May 15, 1840 – June 8, 1917) was a Canadian politician.
Born in Stonefield, County of Argenteuil, Canada East, the son of Owen Owens and Charlotte Lindley, Owens was a lieutenant in the Active Militia. He was also mayor, councillor and postmaster of the Township of Chatham. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec in the 1881 Quebec general election as the Conservative candidate in the riding of Argenteuil. He was acclaimed in 1886 and re-elected in 1890. He resigned in 1891. He was appointed to the Senate on the advice of Mackenzie Bowell representing the senatorial division of Inkerman, Quebec on January 2, 1896. A Conservative, he served 21 years until his death in 1917.
Source: William Owens (Canadian politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaWilliam Claiborne Owens
William Claiborne Owens (October 17, 1849 – November 18, 1925) was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky.
Born near Georgetown, Kentucky, Owens attended the common schools, also Kentucky Wesleyan College, Millersburg, Kentucky, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, and was graduated from Columbia Law School, New York City, in 1872.He was admitted to the bar in the same year and commenced practice in Georgetown, Kentucky. He served as prosecuting attorney for Scott County, Kentucky from 1874 to 1877, when he resigned. He served as member of the Kentucky House of Representatives 1877–1887 and served as speaker in 1882 and 1883. He served as delegate to the 1892 Democratic National Convention.
Owens was elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1896. He became affiliated with the Republican Party in 1896. Major in the Second Regiment, Kentucky Volunteers, during the Spanish–American War in 1898. He moved to Louisville, Kentucky, in 1900 and resumed the practice of law. He died in Louisville, Kentucky, November 18, 1925. He was interred in Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Kentucky.
Source: William Claiborne Owens, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Owens
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