The Brockington surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,479 people carried this name — #9,350 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 84,700 people counted. That is up 9% from 3,191 in 2000.

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In print

Brockington in American newspapers,
1915.

Newspaper page from The Day Book carrying the name Brockington
The Day Book 1915-04-30
Newspaper page from The Day Book carrying the name Brockington
The Day Book 1915-04-30
Newspaper page from The Day Book carrying the name Brockington
The Day Book 1915-04-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,889 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Brockington in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.

542 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Brockington. The most, 305, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 390
Queensland 39
Western Australia 34
South Australia 30
Victoria 29
Tasmania 16
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Brockington,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Leonard Brockington
    Leonard Brockington 1888–1966 · lawyer
  • John Brockington 1948–2023 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Brockington,
in the records of 4 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 States206 records

206 records of the Brockington name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 76
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 58
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 46
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Oque Brockington

    Born 1920 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Jackson Columbia; blacksmith. Women's Army Corps veteran of World War II; died 1970, buried at Florence National Cemetery, South Carolina.

    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 Curtis Brockington

    Born 1947; from Harbor City, California. U.S. Army, medical equipment repairer; killed in action 1966 in 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 Frank Brockington

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Etruria from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 31; tool maker. From Sheffield, England.

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

Showing 3 of 206 records for Brockington 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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).

Australia11 records

11 records of the Brockington name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 7
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Thomas Brockington

    Died 1923 in Hospital, Queenstown, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Thomas Brockington

    Married 1908 in Queenstown, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John Francis Brockington

    Will registered in Tasmania in 1985.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Brockington in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Brockington name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  • Welsh wills index cards 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Eliza Brockington

    Will proved in 1939; of Cardiff, Glamorgan.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record C. Brockington

    London Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Brockington name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. 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 George Stanley Brockington

    Died in service in 1942.

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

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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