Is there anyone in England with the last name Rix?

Question

My grandfathers name was Stanley Rix, he came here from England, what part I do not know, But He has brothers and I also think he had sisters from there. I would like to make contact with my or to know my GrateGrand Parents. Please respond.

Answer 1

If your grandfather came to the US and became a citizen, then you can contact the National Archives and Records Administration regional office that holds records for the state where he lived when he applied for citizenship. You would want a copy of his Petition for Permanent Residence, Declaration of Intent to be Naturalized, and Petition for Naturalization.

In those documents, you'll find all sorts of personal information about your grandfather, his parents, siblings, place of birth, last residence in England, every residence in the US, etc. It takes about a month for the records to come if you request them by mail. But if you live close enough to the NARA regional center, you can go in person and view them in a reading room, making copies of the pages you want to keep. Here's a link that will help you tremendously:
http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/naturalization/

Answer 2

Looking at the 1881 census of England, there was 1660 Rix's living in the country at the time, and glancing down the list, it looks like the vast majority were from Norfolk, which is towards the south east of England, but north of London.

Answer 3

People call me insufferably arrogant when I say this isn't a real genealogy board. I am, but it still hurts.

This isn't a real genealogy board. You would do better on a real one, such as
http://genforum.genealogy.com/rix/

It is devoted to the Rix surname. Everyone there is interested in the Rix surname, not in the ethnic origins of Smith or the family crest of the Miller family.

It is MUCH smaller than this one, measured in number of posts. It is MUCH slower than this one. I get messages from questions I have posted on their other surname, county and special interest boards 3, 6 and 27 months after the original post.

Their standards are higher. You are doing better than 80% of the questioners here, so you shouldn't have trouble. You know how to capitalize, and "grate" instead of "great" was probably you typing "grat" and clicking on the wrong choice in the spell checker before your first jolt of coffee. It happens.

Your grandfather's death certificate ($5 - $25), SSN application ($27), obituary (free), cemetery record (free) or funeral home record (free) may tell you where he was born, and when. Your parent his child may know. When (if) you post on the Rix board, that will help a great deal.

Here is a text file about great grandfathers I paste now and again. It is about GGF's born in the USA, so adjust the historical figures accordingly.

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Consider this:

IF (big IF) you are now 16 and the result of a long line of teen-aged lovers:
You were born 16 years ago, in 1991;
Your father was born 16 years before that, in 1975;
Your grandfather was born 16 years before that, in 1959;
Your great grandfather was born 16 years before that, in 1943.

IF (Another big IF) you are now 80 and the result of a long line of men who had a child by their second wife when they were 60:
You were born 80 years ago, in 1927;
Your father was born 60 years before that, in 1867;
Your grandfather was born 60 years before that, in 1807;
Your great grandfather was born 60 years before that, in 1747.

The Great-Grandfather born in 1943 could have been a 26-year old soldier in Viet Nam in 1969. When he got home in 1970 he might have gone to a disco in a powder-blue double-knit polyester leisure suit.

The Great-Grandfather born in 1747 could have been a 29-year old soldier serving under George Washington in the American Revolution in 1776. When he got home in 1781, he might have danced a reel at a barn dance, in a pair of silk knee breeches and shoes with silver buckles.

Both examples are extreme, both are physically possible, both show why a birth year or even a birth decade help more than the phrase "my (great) grandfather".

Answer 4

Yes there is. I work with a guy called Eric Rix. I live in northern England in a city called York.

Answer 5

The most famous Rix in England is Sir Brian Rix,
famous in the theatre world especially for farces,
and latterly for his extensive charity work.

Answer 6

below an ambiguously-worded Order-in-Council issued in 1960, the call Mountbatten-Windsor is the own surname of lots of the descendants of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. It differs from the valid call of the British Royal relatives or Royal living house, which remains Windsor. The adoption of this surname does no longer keep on with to individuals of the royal relatives who're no longer descended from the Queen. The Order noticeably applies the surname to those descendants of the Queen no longer preserving Royal kinds and titles yet in practice that is utilized through each and every of the British Royal relatives descended from Queen Elizabeth II as their surname, as shown on the marriages of the Duke of York and the Princess Royal, at the same time as both used Mountbatten-Windsor of their entries contained in the marriage registers.

Answer 7

There are "over 200" people over the age of 18 on the UK Electoral Roll, with the surname Rix.
When it gets to 200 my computer stops counting!
Do you have an idea from which part of the Country your family came? The date they moved to wherever you are might help, too.
Please edit your question with more info - there are people on here who may be able to point you in the right direction.