The Byrum surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,637 people carried this name — #6,084 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,400 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,568 in 2000.

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In print

Byrum in American newspapers,
1907–1915.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Byrum
The Washington Times 1907-04-14
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Byrum
The Washington Times 1907-04-14
Newspaper page from Bogalusa Enterprise carrying the name Byrum
Bogalusa Enterprise 1915-03-18

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,978 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Byrum in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1990s.

609 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Byrum. The most, 223, date from the 1930s. 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 23.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 373
ACT (Canberra) 178
Queensland 49
South Australia 5
Victoria 3
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Byrum,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Enoch Edwin Byrum 1861– · writer
  • John D. Byrum 1940–2018 · librarian

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

In the public record

People named Byrum,
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 States257 records

257 records of the Byrum name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 191
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 54
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • 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 Alvin T. Byrum

    Born 1920 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Bragg; farmer from Chowan County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Beaver Dam Cemetery, Franklin, 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 Elmer E. Byrum

    Born 1933; from Ripley, Tennessee. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1952 in North Korea.

    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 Byrum

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1893, died 1953; buried at Alexandria National Cemetery, Louisiana.

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

Showing 3 of 257 records for Byrum in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). 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).

Australia5 records

5 records of the Byrum name in Australia
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Canberra cemetery and marriage records 2
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Byrum

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Livingstone, arriving 1841.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary Jane Byrum

    Died 1967; buried at Woden Cemetery, Canberra, ACT.

    ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Thomas Byrum

    Of Condobolin, New South Wales; died 1929.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Byrum in Australia.

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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