The Atchley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,187 people carried this name — #5,617 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,600 people counted. That is down 1% from 6,244 in 2000.

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In print

Atchley in American newspapers,
1880–1922.

Newspaper page from The Wichita Searchlight carrying the name Atchley
The Wichita Searchlight 1910-10-22
Newspaper page from The New York Herald carrying the name Atchley
The New York Herald 1922-05-28
Newspaper page from The Cincinnati Daily Star carrying the name Atchley
The Cincinnati Daily Star 1880-05-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,242 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Atchley in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1910s.

144 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Atchley. The most, 67, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 95
New South Wales 24
Queensland 12
Western Australia 7
South Australia 3
Tasmania 3

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Atchley.

Who carried it

People named Atchley,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hooper Atchley
    Hooper Atchley 1887–1943 · actor
  • Hooper Atchley
    Hooper Atchley 1887–1943 · actor
  • Chewton Atchley 1850–1922 · librarian
  • Shirley Clifford Atchley 1871–1936 · scientific collector
  • Dana W. Atchley 1892–1982 · physician
  • Forrest S. Atchley 1909–1999 · politician

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 Atchley,
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 States293 records

293 records of the Atchley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 200
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 81
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 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 John D. Atchley

    Born 1921 in Mississippi. Enlisted 1944 at Camp Shelby; filling station attendant. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Tri-Cities Memorial Gardens, Florence, Alabama.

    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 Keith Noel Atchley

    Born 1947; from Woodland, Washington. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Frederick Vaden Atchley

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1954, died 2001; buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 293 records for Atchley in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia5 records

5 records of the Atchley name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Wilmot Canning Atchley

    Retired sol of the United Kingdom; died 1985.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ethel Atchley

    Arrived in Victoria in 1904 aboard the Scharnhorst, aged 29.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Jessie Atchley

    Of Hampstead, United Kingdom; died 1980.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Atchley in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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