The Breedlove surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,075 people carried this name — #3,914 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,500 people counted. That is up 5% from 8,673 in 2000.

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In print

Breedlove in American newspapers,
1902–1921.

Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name Breedlove
The Milwaukee Leader 1921-07-30
Newspaper page from The Tacoma Times carrying the name Breedlove
The Tacoma Times 1913-11-19
Newspaper page from The Commonwealth carrying the name Breedlove
The Commonwealth 1902-01-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,157 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Breedlove,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Madam C. J. Walker
    Madam C. J. Walker 1867–1919 · businessperson
  • Craig Breedlove
    Craig Breedlove 1937–2023 · racing automobile driver
  • William Breedlove d. 1871 · politician
  • Mildred Breedlove 1904–1994 · writer
  • Rod Breedlove 1938–2021 · American football player
  • Dennis Eugene Breedlove 1939–2012 · botanical collector

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 Breedlove,
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 States434 records

434 records of the Breedlove name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 304
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 107
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Virgil L. Breedlove

    Born 1932; from Taylor County, West Virginia. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea. Buried at Grafton National Cemetery, West Virginia.

    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 Robert G. Breedlove

    Born 1912 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; electrician. U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 1981, buried at Andrew Johnson National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 Colbert Breedlove

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Born 1957, died 1992; buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

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

Showing 3 of 434 records for Breedlove 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) · 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). 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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