The Brumfield surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,842 people carried this name — #3,027 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,900 people counted. That is up 4% from 11,350 in 2000.

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In print

Brumfield in American newspapers,
1921.

Newspaper page from Capital Journal carrying the name Brumfield
Capital Journal 1921-10-14
Newspaper page from Capital Journal carrying the name Brumfield
Capital Journal 1921-08-22
Newspaper page from Capital Journal carrying the name Brumfield
Capital Journal 1921-10-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,940 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Brumfield in Australian newspapers,
1860s–2000s.

537 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Brumfield. The most, 158, date from the 1900s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 2.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 218
South Australia 153
New South Wales 116
Queensland 20
ACT (Canberra) 16
Tasmania 6
Western Australia 2

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

Who carried it

People named Brumfield,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thelma Brumfield Dunn
    Thelma Brumfield Dunn 1900–1992 · scientist
  • Delores Brumfield 1932–2020 · baseball player

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 Brumfield,
in the records of 2 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 States457 records

457 records of the Brumfield name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 342
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 90
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 13
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Wayne E. Brumfield

    Born 1919 in Indiana. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Benjamin Harrison; mechanic from Rush County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Kentucky.

    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 Stephen Michael Brumfield

    Born 1951; from Wytheville, Virginia. U.S. Navy, storekeeper; died in an accident 1972 in Offshore, 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 Robert D. Brumfield

    U.S. Army veteran of Grenada. Born 1962, died 1997; buried at Miller Memorial Gardens Columbria, Crown City, Ohio.

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

Showing 3 of 457 records for Brumfield 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 · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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).

Australia18 records

18 records of the Brumfield name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 9
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 6
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Selwyn Arthur Brumfield

    Retired of St Kilda, Victoria; died 1988.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record James Brumfield

    Arrived in Victoria in 1887 aboard the Nurnberg, aged 38.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Winifred Marie May Brumfield

    Of Canterbury, New South Wales; died 1934.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 18 records for Brumfield in Australia.

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

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