Researching William Vickrey
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8 people with the Vickrey surname? In that year Vickrey was ranked number 3571 for popularity in the UK. |
The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Vickrey on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Vickrey and the Vickrey Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Vickrey 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 Vickrey family tree.
Explore Parish Records for William Vickrey at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of William Vickrey using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about William Vickrey.
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Vickrey Family Tree Databases
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Vickrey Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Vickrey surname in the USA? Vickrey is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Vickrey Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on William Vickrey. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called William Vickrey
William Vickrey
William Spencer Vickrey (21 June 1914 – 11 October 1996) was a Canadian-American professor of economics and Nobel Laureate. Vickrey was awarded the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences with James Mirrlees for their research into the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information, becoming the only Nobel laureate born in British Columbia.
The announcement of his Nobel Prize was made just three days prior to his death. Vickrey died while traveling to a conference of Georgist academics that he helped found and never missed once in 20 years. His Columbia University economics department colleague C. Lowell Harriss accepted the posthumous prize on his behalf. There are only three other cases where a Nobel Prize has been presented posthumously.
Source: William Vickrey, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Vickrey
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