The Boggess surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,684 people carried this name — #7,140 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,900 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,659 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Boggess surname

Nickname from Middle English boggish (“boastful, haughty”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Boggess» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Boggess in American newspapers,
1910–1912.

Newspaper page from The Tacoma Times carrying the name Boggess
The Tacoma Times 1912-08-17
Newspaper page from The Hood River Glacier carrying the name Boggess
The Hood River Glacier 1910-05-19
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Tribune carrying the name Boggess
The Salt Lake Tribune 1912-08-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,371 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Boggess,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Effie Boggess 1927–2021 · politician
  • Albert Boggess 1929–2020 · astronomer

Wikidata (CC0) · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Boggess,
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 States269 records

269 records of the Boggess name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 175
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 71
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Glenn R. Boggess

    Born 1916 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1944 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri; construction laborer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at Springfield National Cemetery, 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 Ralph M. Boggess

    Born 1949; from Toledo, Ohio. U.S. Army, pioneer; died in an accident 1969 in Binh Long, 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 Wm. Boggess

    Arrived at New York in 1836 aboard the Ceylon from London, aged 42; cordwainer. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 269 records for Boggess 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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