The Corbitt surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,002 people carried this name — #5,773 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,300 people counted. That is up 7% from 5,620 in 2000.

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In print

Corbitt in American newspapers,
1920.

Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Corbitt
The Montgomery Advertiser 1920-02-01
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Corbitt
The Birmingham Age-herald 1920-02-01
Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Corbitt
The Montgomery Advertiser 1920-02-15

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

In print

Corbitt in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

538 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Corbitt. The most, 107, 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 Western Australia, at 3.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 210
Western Australia 166
Victoria 74
Queensland 51
South Australia 16
ACT (Canberra) 10
Tasmania 10

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

Who carried it

People named Corbitt,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Recy Taylor
    Recy Taylor 1919–2017 · sharecropper
  • Mary Corbitt d. 1790
  • Henry Corbitt d. 1625
  • Agnes Gregson 1599–
  • Helen Corbitt 1906–1978 · chef
  • James Corbitt 1913–1950

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Corbitt,
in the records of 5 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 States620 records

620 records of the Corbitt name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 221
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 131
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 95
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 90
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 55
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 13
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Newton H. Corbitt

    Born 1923 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Forrest; sawmill worker from Rutherford County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1983, buried at Nashville National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 Mary A. Corbitt

    Arrived at New York in 1883 aboard the City of Chester from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 16; servant. From Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Wallace Thomas Corbitt

    Born 1949; from Richmond, Virginia. U.S. Marine Corps, mortarman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 620 records for Corbitt in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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). 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Canada63 records

63 records of the Corbitt name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 61
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thos Corbitt

    Came to Ontario in 1871 aboard the Moravian, landing at Quebec, bound for Hamilton, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record George Edward Corbitt

    Died 1942 in Annapolis Royal, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Georgie A. Corbitt

    Married 1893 in Kings, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 63 records for Corbitt in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia40 records

40 records of the Corbitt name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 24
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 6
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 5
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  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 Corbitt

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Asia, arriving 1825; ticket of leave 1838.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William Corbitt

    Arrived in Queensland in 1928 aboard the Esperance Bay, aged 18.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Gwenyth Rebecca Corbitt

    Gentlewoman of Sunbury, Victoria; died 1969.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 40 records for Corbitt in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Corbitt 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 H. Corbitt

    Corporal, Manchester 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: 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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Corbitt name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Clara Delphine Corbitt

    Died 1878 in 's-Gravenhage, aged 58.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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