The Burnette surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,717 people carried this name — #2,172 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 17,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 16,409 in 2000.

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In print

Burnette in American newspapers,
1901–1916.

Newspaper page from The Lexington Intelligencer carrying the name Burnette
The Lexington Intelligencer 1913-02-14
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Burnette
The Birmingham Age-herald 1916-11-05
Newspaper page from The Age-herald carrying the name Burnette
The Age-herald 1901-10-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,724 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Burnette in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1960s.

262 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Burnette. The most, 103, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 2.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 72
New South Wales 61
Western Australia 50
Queensland 38
Victoria 31
ACT (Canberra) 4
Tasmania 4
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Burnette,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johnny Burnette
    Johnny Burnette 1934–1964 · composer
  • Henlee Hulix Barnette 1911–2004 · writer
  • Ranie Burnette 1913–2000
  • Tom Burnette 1915–1994 · American football player
  • Robert Burnette 1926–1984 · chairperson
  • Wally Burnette 1929–2003 · 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 Burnette,
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 States807 records

807 records of the Burnette name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 548
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 165
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 36
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 25
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 16
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Julian A. Burnette

    Born 1919 in Virginia. Enlisted 1943 at Richmond; driver from Henrico County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Virginia Veterans Cemetery At Amelia, Virginia.

    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 James I. Burnette

    Born 1931; from Fulton County, Georgia. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    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 Eliza Burnette

    Arrived at New York in 1859 aboard the James Foster Jr. from Liverpool, aged 22; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 807 records for Burnette 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, 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) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). 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).

Canada13 records

13 records of the Burnette name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 10
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Gladys Burnette

    Buried in 1988 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 88.

    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 Nadine E. Burnette

    Died 1945 in Halifax, 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 Walter Harold Burnette

    Died in service in 1917.

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

Showing 3 of 13 records for Burnette in Canada.

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. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · 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).

Australia7 records

7 records of the Burnette name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Theresa Burnette

    Arrived in Victoria in 1897 aboard the Oruba, aged 19.

    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 J. A. Burnette

    Sailed from Victoria in 1856 aboard the Golden Era, bound for Ceylon.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 7 records for Burnette in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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