The Buckles surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,623 people carried this name — #7,220 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 63,700 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,607).

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In print

Buckles in American newspapers,
1920.

Newspaper page from Great Falls Daily Tribune carrying the name Buckles
Great Falls Daily Tribune 1920-07-23
Newspaper page from Rockingham Post-dispatch carrying the name Buckles
Rockingham Post-dispatch 1920-07-22
Newspaper page from Capital Journal carrying the name Buckles
Capital Journal 1920-07-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Buckles in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1960s.

493 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Buckles. The most, 99, date from the 1940s. 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 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 258
Victoria 131
Queensland 51
South Australia 27
Tasmania 14
Western Australia 8
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Buckles,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Frank Buckles
    Frank Buckles 1901–2011 · military personnel

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Buckles,
in the records of 4 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 States310 records

310 records of the Buckles name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 179
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 90
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 16
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Klon D. Buckles

    Born 1922 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1942 at Oklahoma City; stenographer from Seminole County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1979, buried at Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Oklahoma.

    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 Richard Dean Buckles

    Born 1950; from Bloomington, Illinois. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1971 in Bien Hoa, 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 Ernest C. Buckles

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1999; buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

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

Showing 3 of 310 records for Buckles in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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). 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).

Canada48 records

48 records of the Buckles name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 43
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Elizabeth Ada Buckles

    Buried in 1969 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 92.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Sadie H. Buckles

    Died 1915 in Pictou, Nova Scotia.

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

    Died in service in 1917.

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

Showing 3 of 48 records for Buckles in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); 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).

Australia10 records

10 records of the Buckles name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record George Ernest Buckles

    Retired of Cobram, Victoria; died 1997.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record James Buckles

    Left Hobart in 1829 aboard the Mermaid, bound for London, as sailmaker.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Sarah Buckles

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 as an assisted immigrant aboard the Frederick, aged 5.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Buckles in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Buckles name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Buckles

    Duke of Wellington's Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record G. Buckles

    Lance Corporal, London Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record C. S. Buckles

    Corporal, Royal Garrison Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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