The Brogdon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,346 people carried this name — #7,641 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 68,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,216 in 2000.

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In print

Brogdon in American newspapers,
1890–1921.

Newspaper page from The Ordway New Era carrying the name Brogdon
The Ordway New Era 1921-11-04
Newspaper page from The Roswell Daily Record carrying the name Brogdon
The Roswell Daily Record 1909-04-03
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Brogdon
The Anaconda Standard 1890-05-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,607 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Brogdon in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

169 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Brogdon. The most, 26, date from the 1910s. 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 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 107
Queensland 25
Victoria 25
Tasmania 10
South Australia 1

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

In the public record

People named Brogdon,
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 States223 records

223 records of the Brogdon name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 159
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 54
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Margie Brogdon

    Born 1945; from New York, New York. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Florence National Cemetery, South Carolina.

    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 Harold L. Brogdon

    Born 1911 in Georgia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe; textile mill worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Brogdon

    Arrived at New York in 1869 aboard the Minnesota from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 20; laborer. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 223 records for Brogdon 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Brogdon name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Winfield Scott Brogdon

    Died 1948 in Beaverbrook, Colchester, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Brogdon name in Australia Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Florence A. Brogdon

    Of Ballarat, Victoria; died 1970.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

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