Researching William Peel
Dig into the past of William Peel using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5375 people with the Peel surname? In that year Peel was ranked number 796 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Peel on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of William Peel in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Peel and the Peel Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Peel 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 Peel family tree.
Search Parish Records for William Peel at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of William Peel using the FreeBMD database.
Investigate Genealogy Bank for William Peel records.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about William Peel.
Research the Peel surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Peel Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 6062 people with the Peel surname in the UK? Peel is now ranked number 987 for popularity in the UK. |
Peel Genealogy Databases
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Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for William Peel.
Study MyTrees for information on the Peel family and people looking to contact living Peel relations.
Look at One Great Family for Peel records submitted by people who are already researching the Peel Family Tree.
Find William Peel from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Peel 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 9115 people with the Peel surname in the USA? Peel is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Peel Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on William Peel. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called William Peel
William Yates Peel
William Yates Peel (3 August 1789 – 1 June 1858), was a British Tory politician.
Peel was the second son of Sir Robert Peel, 1st Baronet, and his first wife Ellen (née Yates). He was the younger brother of Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet, and the elder brother of Jonathan Peel. He was educated at Harrow and St John's College, Cambridge. Peel sat as Member of Parliament for Bossiney from 1817 to 1818, for Tamworth from 1818 to 1830, 1835 to 1837 and in 1847, for Yarmouth from 1830 to 1831 and for Cambridge University from 1831 to 1832 and served under the Duke of Wellington as Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department from 1828 to 1830 and as a Lord of the Treasury under Wellington in 1830 and again under his brother Sir Robert Peel from 1834 to 1835. In 1834 he was admitted to the Privy Council.
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