The Brumley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,046 people carried this name — #4,983 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,800 people counted. That is up 3% from 6,820 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

38 families named Brumley, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 192 people lived in those households, 5.1 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 7 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 11
Virginia 10
Vermont 6
New York 3
Rhode Island 2
North Carolina 2
South Carolina 2
Massachusetts 1
Maryland 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

Brumley in American newspapers,
1900.

Newspaper page from Daily Inter Mountain carrying the name Brumley
Daily Inter Mountain 1900-01-15
Newspaper page from Daily Inter Mountain carrying the name Brumley
Daily Inter Mountain 1900-01-04
Newspaper page from Daily Inter Mountain carrying the name Brumley
Daily Inter Mountain 1900-05-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,601 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Brumley in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

2,634 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Brumley. The most, 501, 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 Victoria, at 4.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 2,220
Western Australia 181
New South Wales 73
Tasmania 58
South Australia 48
Queensland 45
ACT (Canberra) 6

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

Who carried it

People named Brumley,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edward Brumley 1878–1942 · association football player
  • Albert E. Brumley 1905–1977 · composer
  • Al Brumley 1933–2024 · musician
  • Mike Brumley 1938–2016 · baseball player
  • Mike Brumley 1963–2024 · baseball player

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Brumley,
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 States377 records

377 records of the Brumley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 209
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 79
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 56
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 15
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles K. Brumley

    Born 1904 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island; salesman from Kings County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1973, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Merrell Eugene Brumley

    Born 1950; from Terrell, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, administrative man; died of wounds 1971 in Quang Nam, 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 Charles Brumley

    Arrived at New York in 1881 aboard the Republic from Liverpool, aged 44; laborer. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 377 records for Brumley 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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).

Australia101 records

101 records of the Brumley name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 55
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 39
  • Tasmanian Names Index 5
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Josh Brumley

    Arrived in Victoria in 1858 aboard the Chesterholme, aged 24; 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 Kathleen L. Brumley

    Teacher of Dandenong, Victoria; died 1955.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Harold Ernest Brumley

    Married 1910 in St Paul's Church, Launceston, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 101 records for Brumley in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). 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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Brumley name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Edgar Brumley

    Died 1915 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

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

    Died in service in 1916.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Dorothy Evelyn Brumley

    Born 1914 in Sydney, Cape Breton, 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. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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