The Bivins surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,681 people carried this name — #6,045 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,800 people counted. That is up 5% from 5,396 in 2000.

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In print

Bivins in American newspapers,
1867–1912.

Newspaper page from Danbury Times carrying the name Bivins
Danbury Times 1867-01-17
Newspaper page from The Hays Free Press carrying the name Bivins
The Hays Free Press 1912-07-13
Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Bivins
The Topeka State Journal 1912-05-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 14,429 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bivins in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.

95 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bivins. The most, 30, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 65
New South Wales 18
Queensland 4
Western Australia 4
South Australia 2
Tasmania 2

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

Who carried it

People named Bivins,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jimmy Bivins
    Jimmy Bivins 1919–2012 · boxer
  • Teel Bivins
    Teel Bivins 1947–2009 · politician
  • Charlie Bivins 1938–1994 · American football player

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 Bivins,
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 States296 records

296 records of the Bivins name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 192
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 68
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 21
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Volley F. Bivins

    Born 1917 in Mississippi. Enlisted 1945 at Camp Shelby; farmer from Lauderdale County, Alabama. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Rutledge Salem Cemetery, Iuka, Mississippi.

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

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1970, died 1991; buried at Wood National Cemetery, Wisconsin.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Bivins

    Arrived at New York in 1850 aboard the Waterhen from Glasgow, aged 20. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 296 records for Bivins 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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