The Brundage surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,558 people carried this name — #7,320 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,500 people counted. That is up 9% from 4,191 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Brundage surname

Variant of Brundish.

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

In the first U.S. census, 1790

45 families named Brundage, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 241 people lived in those households, 5.4 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. 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

New York 38
Connecticut 3
Pennsylvania 2
Vermont 1
Massachusetts 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

Brundage in American newspapers,
1898–1908.

Newspaper page from The Scranton Tribune carrying the name Brundage
The Scranton Tribune 1898-08-25
Newspaper page from Cameron County Press carrying the name Brundage
Cameron County Press 1908-06-25
Newspaper page from The Greenville Journal carrying the name Brundage
The Greenville Journal 1908-06-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,757 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Brundage in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1980s.

2,477 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Brundage. The most, 1,943, date from the 1950s. New South Wales 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 the Australian Capital Territory, at 2.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 697
Queensland 616
Victoria 476
ACT (Canberra) 222
Western Australia 185
South Australia 148
Tasmania 118
Northern Territory 3

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

Who carried it

People named Brundage,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Frances Brundage
    Frances Brundage 1854–1937 · writer
  • Mathilde Brundage
    Mathilde Brundage 1859–1939 · actor
  • Avery Brundage
    Avery Brundage 1887–1975 · politician
  • Margaret Brundage
    Margaret Brundage 1900–1976 · painter
  • Leeman M. Brundage 1866–1910 · politician
  • Edward J. Brundage 1869–1934 · politician

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 Brundage,
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 States805 records

805 records of the Brundage name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 330
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 182
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 180
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 87
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 20
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 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 Frank M. Brundage

    Born 1899 in California. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles; mechanic from Los Angeles County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1963, buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    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 Michael Lester Brundage

    Born 1944; from Cleveland, Ohio. U.S. Army, armor reconnaissance specialist; killed in action 1969 in Binh Thuan, 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 Julian Andre Brundage

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Born 1932, died 1997; buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

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

Showing 3 of 805 records for Brundage in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · 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) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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).

Canada71 records

71 records of the Brundage name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 63
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 5
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Thomson Brundage

    Died 1872 in Tidnish, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Lottie Brundage

    Buried in 1903 at Drummond Hill Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  3. 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 Claude Lionel Brundage

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 71 records for Brundage in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · 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); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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