The Ballenger surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,956 people carried this name — #6,805 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,762 in 2000.

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In print

Ballenger in American newspapers,
1842–1926.

Newspaper page from The Yazoo Whig And Political Register carrying the name Ballenger
The Yazoo Whig And Political Register 1842-01-07
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Ballenger
The Anaconda Standard 1899-08-10
Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name Ballenger
The Milwaukee Leader 1926-04-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Ballenger in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

1,114 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ballenger. The most, 291, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 734
South Australia 111
Western Australia 87
New South Wales 86
Queensland 72
Tasmania 21
ACT (Canberra) 2
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Ballenger,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Lincoln Ballenger
    William Lincoln Ballenger 1861–1915 · writer
  • Howard Charles Ballenger
    Howard Charles Ballenger 1886–1965 · writer
  • Cass Ballenger
    Cass Ballenger 1926–2015 · politician
  • Roger Ballenger
    Roger Ballenger 1950–2019 · politician
  • Melvonna Ballenger 1954–2003 · film director

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ballenger,
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 States251 records

251 records of the Ballenger name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 164
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 64
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 15
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 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 William H. Ballenger

    Born 1922 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Charlotte, North Carolina; textile mill worker. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1977, buried at Eastview Cemetery, South Carolina.

    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 Carl Augustus Ballenger

    Born 1930; from Valley Station, Kentucky. U.S. Army, track vehicle repairer; died in service 1967 in Bien Hoa, 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 Anne Ballenger

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Manhattan from Liverpool, aged 40; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 251 records for Ballenger in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).

Australia44 records

44 records of the Ballenger name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 30
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 7
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 4
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Ballenger

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Duke of Portland, arriving 1807.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Leonard W. Ballenger

    Book binder of Camun, Victoria; died 1971.

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

    Arrived in Victoria in 1912 aboard the Seydlitz, aged 23.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 44 records for Ballenger in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); 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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