The Burress surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,652 people carried this name — #7,184 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 63,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,478 in 2000.

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In print

Burress in American newspapers,
1871–1922.

Newspaper page from Goldsboro Weekly Argus carrying the name Burress
Goldsboro Weekly Argus 1914-10-15
Newspaper page from The Daily Times carrying the name Burress
The Daily Times 1922-03-06
Newspaper page from The Charlotte Democrat carrying the name Burress
The Charlotte Democrat 1871-06-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,184 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Burress in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

68 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Burress. The most, 17, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 25
Queensland 16
Victoria 15
South Australia 8
Tasmania 2
Western Australia 2

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

Who carried it

People named Burress,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Burress
    William Burress 1867–1948 · actor
  • William Gilbert Burress 1851–1925
  • William Joseph Burress 1851–1925
  • Withers A. Burress 1894–1977 · 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 Burress,
in the records of the United States.

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 States230 records

230 records of the Burress name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 162
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 56
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lester Burress

    Born 1917 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Thomas Newport; painter from Trumbull County, Ohio. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Lebanon National Cemetery, Kentucky.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Sarah Burress

    Arrived at New York in 1871 aboard the City of London from Liverpool, aged 11. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Benjamin Harrison Burress

    U.S. Navy veteran of World War I. Born 1888, died 1965; buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 230 records for Burress 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, 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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