The Bearden surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,499 people carried this name — #2,670 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,800 people counted. That is up 3% from 13,051 in 2000.

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In print

Bearden in American newspapers,
1888–1898.

Newspaper page from Los Angeles Daily Herald carrying the name Bearden
Los Angeles Daily Herald 1888-11-29
Newspaper page from The Herald carrying the name Bearden
The Herald 1893-11-03
Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Journal carrying the name Bearden
The Indianapolis Journal 1898-01-09

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

In print

Bearden in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

186 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bearden. The most, 47, date from the 1900s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 66
South Australia 42
Queensland 34
New South Wales 27
Western Australia 9
Tasmania 7
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Bearden,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Romare Bearden
    Romare Bearden 1911–1988 · writer
  • Gene Bearden
    Gene Bearden 1920–2004 · baseball player
  • Minnie McClung 1832–1902
  • Minnie McClung 1835–1902
  • Joyce Alvin Bearden 1903–1986 · physicist
  • Alan Bearden 1931–1999 · biophysicist

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 Bearden,
in the records of 4 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 States587 records

587 records of the Bearden name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 406
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 152
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 10
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Hubert L. Bearden

    Born 1917 in Mississippi. Enlisted 1942 at New Orleans, Louisiana; carpenter. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Shoal Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Decatur, 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 Richard Dewayne Bearden

    Born 1943; from Gadsden, Alabama. U.S. Army, indirect fire 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 Hy. Bearden

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the Albion from Liverpool, aged 38; laborer. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 587 records for Bearden in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Bearden name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record John Alfred Bearden

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  2. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record J. A. Bearden

    Alberta Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Bearden 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 Elizth Bearden

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 as an assisted immigrant aboard the Samarang, aged 21.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Bearden in Australia.

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).

France1 record

1 record of the Bearden name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Preston Grady Bearden

    Born 1929 in the United States; died 1999 in the United States.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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