The Crim surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,552 people carried this name — #7,328 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,900 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,495 in 2000.

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In print

Crim in American newspapers,
1907–1909.

Newspaper page from The St. Mary Banner carrying the name Crim
The St. Mary Banner 1909-03-06
Newspaper page from The Republican carrying the name Crim
The Republican 1907-02-07
Newspaper page from The Republican carrying the name Crim
The Republican 1907-02-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 206,468 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Crim in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.

710 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Crim. The most, 168, date from the 1920s. 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 Victoria, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 276
Victoria 179
Queensland 140
South Australia 51
Western Australia 43
Tasmania 17
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Crim,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Malcolm Crim 1886–1971 · mayor
  • Sterling Cromwell Crim 1927–2008 · professor of mathematics

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Crim,
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 States294 records

294 records of the Crim name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 192
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 58
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 25
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • 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 Marshall E. Crim

    Born 1905 in Kansas. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco, California; cook. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1966, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    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 Charles Ray Crim

    Born 1938; from San Angelo, Texas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Binh Duong, 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 Frank D. Crim

    Arrived at New York in 1882 aboard the Baltic from Liverpool, aged 26; physician.

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

Showing 3 of 294 records for Crim 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 · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

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