The Blankenship surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 43,830 people carried this name — #787 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 6,730 people counted. That is up 3% from 42,663 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Blankenship surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Blenkinsop’.

His entry covers Blenkinsop, Blenkensop, Blankenship and Blenkinship.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 110 · public domain.

In print

Blankenship in American newspapers,
1902–1916.

Newspaper page from Herald And News carrying the name Blankenship
Herald And News 1902-09-18
Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard carrying the name Blankenship
The Ogden Standard 1916-09-01
Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Blankenship
The Washington Herald 1907-10-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 38,435 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Blankenship in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

24 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Blankenship. The most, 8, date from the 1860s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 9
New South Wales 7
Victoria 4
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Blankenship,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Georgiana M. Blankenship
    Georgiana M. Blankenship 1861– · writer
  • Cliff Blankenship
    Cliff Blankenship 1880–1956 · baseball player
  • Ted Blankenship
    Ted Blankenship 1901–1945 · baseball player
  • George Blankenship 1901– · manager
  • Homer Blankenship 1902–1974 · baseball player
  • Chester Arthur Blankenship 1903–1997

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 Blankenship,
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 States1,770 records

1,770 records of the Blankenship name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 1,284
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 431
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 16
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 15
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 7
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Murrell A. Blankenship

    Born 1918 in Missouri. Enlisted 1945 at Jefferson Barracks; farmer from Franklin County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Holy Martyrs of Japan Cemetery, Sullivan, Missouri.

    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 James Oris Blankenship

    Born 1943; from Independence, Missouri. U.S. Army, infantry unit commander; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Bradley Ward Blankenship

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1952, died 2001; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 1,770 records for Blankenship 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Blankenship name in Canada City of Winnipeg cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William Earl Blankenship

    Died 2000, aged 76; buried at St. Vital Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Kathleen Blankenship

    Died 1990, aged 89; buried at St. Vital Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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

Counts: 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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Blankenship name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Isabel Blankenship

    Baptised in 1679 in Ginneken.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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