The Baxley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,852 people carried this name — #5,111 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 43,100 people counted. That is up 3% from 6,641 in 2000.

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In print

Baxley in American newspapers,
1869–1922.

Newspaper page from Public Ledger carrying the name Baxley
Public Ledger 1869-01-07
Newspaper page from The Robesonian carrying the name Baxley
The Robesonian 1917-06-14
Newspaper page from Rockingham Post-dispatch carrying the name Baxley
Rockingham Post-dispatch 1922-10-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,161 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Baxley in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

134 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Baxley. The most, 39, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 45
New South Wales 29
Queensland 23
South Australia 16
Tasmania 9
Western Australia 9
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Baxley,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jack Baxley
    Jack Baxley 1884–1950 · actor
  • Barbara Baxley
    Barbara Baxley 1923–1990 · actor
  • Henry Willis Baxley 1803–1876 · dentist
  • Paul Baxley 1923–2011 · actor
  • Lucy Baxley 1937–2016 · businessperson

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 Baxley,
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 States347 records

347 records of the Baxley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 255
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 67
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jim F. Baxley

    Born 1914 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Bragg; store manager. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1971, buried at Culpeper National Cemetery, 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 Bobby Baxley

    Born 1947; from Fayetteville, North Carolina. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tri, 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 Ben Baxley

    Arrived at New York in 1868 aboard the Erin from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 32; laborer. From Germany.

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

Showing 3 of 347 records for Baxley 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Baxley name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Francis Baxley

    Arrived in Victoria in 1912 aboard the Marathon, aged 36.

    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 J. H. Baxley

    Sailed from Victoria in 1863 aboard the Aldinga I, aged 35.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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