The Callison surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,474 people carried this name — #9,365 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 84,700 people counted. That is down 3% from 3,579 in 2000.

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In print

Callison in American newspapers,
1898–1910.

Newspaper page from Aberdeen Herald carrying the name Callison
Aberdeen Herald 1910-09-22
Newspaper page from Daily Capital Journal carrying the name Callison
Daily Capital Journal 1898-03-04
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Callison
The Salt Lake Herald 1900-09-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,279 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Callison in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.

75 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Callison. The most, 25, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 4.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 32
New South Wales 13
Victoria 12
South Australia 10
Queensland 3
Tasmania 2
ACT (Canberra) 1
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Callison,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johnny Callison
    Johnny Callison 1939–2006 · baseball player
  • Tolliver Cleveland Callison 1884–1966 · lawyer
  • Prink Callison 1899–1986 · basketball coach
  • Preston Callison 1922–2022 · lawyer
  • Brian Callison 1934–2024 · writer

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 Callison,
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 States201 records

201 records of the Callison name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 117
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 57
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ethel V. Callison

    Born 1907 in Idaho. Enlisted 1943 in the Women's Army Corps at Seattle, Washington; telephone operator. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Prairie View Cemetery, Idaho.

    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 Donald Joseph Callison

    Born 1946; from Houston, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    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 Mary Callison

    Arrived at New York in 1868 aboard the Columbia from Glasgow, aged 20; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 201 records for Callison 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Callison name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Joseph Callison

    Of Coffs Harbour Jetty, New South Wales; died 1935.

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

Showing 1 of 4 records for Callison in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Callison name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Alice Lenore Callison

    Buried in 1961 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. 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 Thomas Callison

    Died in service in 1918.

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

    Central Ontario Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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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