The Corum surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,679 people carried this name — #8,900 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,584 in 2000.

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In print

Corum in American newspapers,
1888–1922.

Newspaper page from Custer Chronicle carrying the name Corum
Custer Chronicle 1888-11-10
Newspaper page from The Twin Falls Times carrying the name Corum
The Twin Falls Times 1910-06-23
Newspaper page from Catoctin Clarion carrying the name Corum
Catoctin Clarion 1922-09-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,136 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Corum in Australian newspapers,
1910s–1930s.

34 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Corum. The most, 9, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 11
Victoria 11
Western Australia 5
South Australia 3
ACT (Canberra) 2
Queensland 2

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

Who carried it

People named Corum,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lora L. Corum 1899–1949 · engineer

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Corum,
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 States192 records

192 records of the Corum name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 124
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 47
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Eugene D. Corum

    Born 1923 in Alabama. Enlisted 1943 at Fort McClellan; filling station attendant from Lawrence County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Moulton Memory Gardens, Alabama.

    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 Colona Corum

    Arrived at New York in 1907 aboard the Pretoria from Hamburg, aged 34; smith. From Bilorodka, Russia. Born in Szoren, Russia.

    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 Robert S. Corum

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1934, died 1998; buried at Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee.

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

Showing 3 of 192 records for Corum 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · 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); 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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Corum name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Eugenie Corum

    In the population register of Veere; "cabaretiere", born in Frainerie.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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