The Brockway surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,828 people carried this name — #6,947 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,765 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

60 families named Brockway, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 346 people lived in those households, 5.8 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 2 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Connecticut 30
New York 19
New Hampshire 8
Massachusetts 2
Vermont 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 231 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Brockway in American newspapers,
1904–1908.

Newspaper page from The Bad River News carrying the name Brockway
The Bad River News 1908-04-16
Newspaper page from The Bad River News carrying the name Brockway
The Bad River News 1907-06-13
Newspaper page from The Hartford Republican carrying the name Brockway
The Hartford Republican 1904-01-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Brockway in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1980s.

4,126 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Brockway. The most, 1,142, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 3.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 1,532
Queensland 1,421
New South Wales 562
Victoria 364
South Australia 146
Tasmania 58
ACT (Canberra) 38

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

Who carried it

People named Brockway,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William E. Brockway
    William E. Brockway 1822–1920 · criminal
  • Zebulon Reed Brockway
    Zebulon Reed Brockway 1827–1920 · jurist
  • Fred John Brockway
    Fred John Brockway 1860–1901 · surgeon
  • unknown daughter Brockway d. 1941
  • unknown daughter Brockway d. 1974
  • John H. Brockway 1801–1870 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Brockway,
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 States553 records

553 records of the Brockway name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 167
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 150
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 103
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 87
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 22
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 18
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • 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 Delbert E. Brockway

    Born 1921 in Michigan. Enlisted 1942 at Kalamazoo; welder from Berrien County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Grand Rapids Home For Veterans Cemetery, Michigan.

    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 Randall Lawrence Brockway

    Born 1944; from Burlington, Iowa. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Tay Ninh, 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 Robert Brockway

    Arrived at New York in 1869 aboard the Paraguay from Havre and London, aged 28; carpenter. From England; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 553 records for Brockway in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · 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: 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).

Australia71 records

71 records of the Brockway name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 43
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 19
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 4
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record George Brockway

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the Essex, aged 31; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Leon Dennis Brockway

    Businessman of Warrnambool, Victoria; died 2000.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Biographical index Kathleen Brockway

    Born 1900, died 1997; obituary published in Western Australia.

    State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 71 records for Brockway in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom4 records

4 records of the Brockway name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 3
  • Welsh wills index cards 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Robert S.a Brockway

    Will proved in 1923; of Holyhead, Anglesea.

    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 W. Brockway

    South Wales Borderers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record F. C. Brockway

    Driver, Labour Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Brockway in the United Kingdom.

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 Brockway 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 William Brockway

    Died in service in 1944.

    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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