The Bilbrey surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,855 people carried this name — #8,536 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,300 people counted. That is down 1% from 3,902 in 2000.

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In print

Bilbrey in American newspapers,
1907–1923.

Newspaper page from The Hartford Republican carrying the name Bilbrey
The Hartford Republican 1907-10-04
Newspaper page from The Citizen carrying the name Bilbrey
The Citizen 1917-06-06
Newspaper page from East St. Louis Daily Journal carrying the name Bilbrey
East St. Louis Daily Journal 1923-10-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,782 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Bilbrey,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Debbie Smith 1956–2016 · politician

Wikidata (CC0).

In the public record

People named Bilbrey,
in the records of the United States.

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 States168 records

168 records of the Bilbrey name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 115
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 45
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Edmond David Bilbrey

    Born 1943; from Albuquerque, New Mexico. U.S. Army, air observation pilot; killed in action 1971 in Laos. Buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Herman E. Bilbrey

    Born 1925 in Arizona. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Macarthur San Pedro, California; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1962, buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Robert L. Bilbrey

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1931, died 1988; buried at Nashville National Cemetery, Tennessee.

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

Showing 3 of 168 records for Bilbrey 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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