Researching William Trevor
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 929 people with the Trevor surname? In that year Trevor was ranked number 2657 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Trevor on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Trevor and the Trevor Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Trevor 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 Trevor family tree.
Explore Parish Records for William Trevor at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of William Trevor using the FreeBMD database.
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Look at the LDS Database for records about William Trevor.
Research the Trevor surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Trevor Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 1009 people with the Trevor surname in the UK? Trevor is now ranked number 3094 for popularity in the UK. |
Trevor Genealogy Databases
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Find William Trevor from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Trevor Forums
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on William Trevor. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called William Trevor
William Trevor
William Trevor Cox KBE (24 May 1928 – 20 November 2016), known by his pen name William Trevor, was an Irish novelist, playwright, and short story writer. One of the elder statesmen of the Irish literary world, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest contemporary writers of short stories in the English language.
Trevor won the Whitbread Prize three times and was nominated five times for the Booker Prize, the last for his novel Love and Summer (2009), which was also shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award in 2011. His name was also mentioned in relation to the Nobel Prize in Literature. He won the 2008 International Nonino Prize in Italy. In 2014, Trevor was bestowed Saoi by the Aosdána.
Trevor resided in England from 1954 until his death at the age of 88.
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