The Binkley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,159 people carried this name — #4,912 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 7,038 in 2000.

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In print

Binkley in American newspapers,
1902–1921.

Newspaper page from The Suburban Citizen carrying the name Binkley
The Suburban Citizen 1902-03-08
Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Binkley
The Washington Herald 1915-09-26
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Binkley
New-york Tribune 1921-08-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,639 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Binkley in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

106 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Binkley. The most, 23, 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 2.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 45
New South Wales 18
Queensland 10
South Australia 7
Tasmania 5
Western Australia 5
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Binkley,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Wilfred Ellsworth Binkley 1883–1965 · political scientist
  • Ross Binkley 1886–1915 · coach
  • William C. Binkley 1889–1970 · historian
  • Robert C. Binkley 1897–1940 · historian
  • Olin Trivette Binkley 1908–1999
  • W. W. Binkley 1913– · chemist

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Binkley,
in the records of 3 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 States406 records

406 records of the Binkley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 266
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 95
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 16
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 13
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • 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 Robert L. Binkley

    Born 1919 in California. Enlisted 1941 at Los Angeles; stock clerk from Los Angeles County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    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 Stuart Marshall Binkley

    Born 1947; from Flint, Michigan. U.S. Army, field artillery unit commander; killed in action 1971 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 Tim S. Binkley

    Arrived at New York in 1880 aboard the Wisconsin from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 20; laborer. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 406 records for Binkley 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). 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).

Canada9 records

9 records of the Binkley name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 6
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 3
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record A. Robert Binkley

    Died 1974; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  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 Robert Erwin Binkley

    Died in service in 1945.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. 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 Binkley

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 9 records for Binkley in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Binkley name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  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 William Binkley

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Lady Kennaway, sailing from Cork in 1834. Native of Baltimore, Maryland.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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 Ellen Binkley

    Arrived in Victoria in 1840 as an assisted immigrant aboard the China, aged 20.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 4 records for Binkley in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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