The Brookshire surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,472 people carried this name — #6,245 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,800 people counted. That is up 4% from 5,263 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Brookshire surname

Unexplained, but perhaps related to Brookshaw.

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

In print

Brookshire in American newspapers,
1899–1913.

Newspaper page from The Montgomery Tribune carrying the name Brookshire
The Montgomery Tribune 1910-01-14
Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Brookshire
El Paso Herald 1913-05-28
Newspaper page from Rock Island Argus carrying the name Brookshire
Rock Island Argus 1899-07-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,419 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Brookshire,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Elijah Voorhees Brookshire
    Elijah Voorhees Brookshire 1856–1936 · writer
  • Stan Brookshire
    Stan Brookshire 1905–1990 · reporter

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Brookshire,
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 States279 records

279 records of the Brookshire name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 209
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 57
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • 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 Clyde C. Brookshire

    Born 1906 in Georgia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort McPherson Atlanta; textile mill worker from Whitfield County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1979, buried at West Hill Cemetery, Dalton, Georgia.

    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 George Dewey Brookshire

    Born 1950; from Woodland, California. U.S. Army, utility helicopter repairer; died in an accident 1969 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Farley W. Brookshire

    Confederate Army veteran. Born 1830, died 1908; buried at Little River Bap Ch Cemetery, Taylorsville, North Carolina.

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

Showing 3 of 279 records for Brookshire in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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