The Ammons surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,904 people carried this name — #3,989 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 33,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 8,522 in 2000.

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In print

Ammons in American newspapers,
1914–1925.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Ammons
Evening Star 1925-05-21
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Ammons
The Washington Times 1915-04-25
Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name Ammons
The Milwaukee Leader 1914-05-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 46,459 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Ammons,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Elias M. Ammons
    Elias M. Ammons 1860–1925 · politician
  • Theodosia Grace Ammons
    Theodosia Grace Ammons 1861–1907 · lecturer
  • Teller Ammons
    Teller Ammons 1895–1972 · lawyer
  • Albert Ammons
    Albert Ammons 1907–1949 · composer
  • Gene Ammons
    Gene Ammons 1925–1974 · musician
  • Nellie Perrell Ammons 1889–1988 · university teacher

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ammons,
in the records of 2 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States432 records

432 records of the Ammons name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 300
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 106
  • Sacramento County historic burials 8
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Walter B. Ammons

    Born 1907 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1941 at Fairmont; painter from Marion County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at West Virginia National Cemetery, West Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Walter Norris Ammons

    Born 1947; from Chester, Virginia. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Peter Ammons

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the Florida from Liverpool, aged 20; farmer. From Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 432 records for Ammons in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Ammons name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anna Dorothea Ammons

    Married in 1819 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Gerardus Ammons

    Married in 1777 in Boxmeer.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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