Researching William Sperry
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 148 people with the Sperry surname? In that year Sperry was ranked number 3431 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Sperry on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Sperry and the Sperry Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 305 people with the Sperry surname in the UK? Sperry is now ranked number 3755 for popularity in the UK. |
Sperry Genealogy Databases
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Sperry Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Sperry surname in the USA? Sperry is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Sperry Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on William Sperry. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called William Sperry
William Miller Sperry
William Miller Sperry (1858–1927) is the namesake of the William Miller Sperry Observatory in Cranford, New Jersey. According to his sworn passport application, he was born on September 14, 1858, in Bristol, Tennessee. He moved to Cranford in 1898 and succeeded his brother Thomas Sperry as president of S&H Green Stamps. Buried in Fairview Cemetery (Westfield, New Jersey), Sperry was the donor behind Sperry Park bordering the Rahway River in Cranford. The site is also part of the Rahway River Parkway, a greenway of the Union County Department of Parks and Recreation Sperry's great-granddaughter, Frances Beinecke, is an environmentalist and the former president of Natural Resources Defense Council, and his grandson is William Sperry Beinecke.
Source: William Miller Sperry, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Sperry
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