The Crippen surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,242 people carried this name — #9,956 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 90,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,163 in 2000.

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In print

Crippen in American newspapers,
1910.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Crippen
The Washington Times 1910-07-31
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Crippen
The Washington Times 1910-07-15
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Crippen
Evening Star 1910-08-01

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

In print

Crippen in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1980s.

2,002 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Crippen. The most, 1,701, date from the 1910s. 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 Tasmania, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 592
Queensland 414
Victoria 359
Western Australia 211
Tasmania 206
South Australia 190
ACT (Canberra) 22
Northern Territory 3

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

Who carried it

People named Crippen,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hawley Harvey Crippen
    Hawley Harvey Crippen 1862–1910 · physician
  • Thankful Crippen 1689–
  • Thomas George Crippen 1841–1930 · librarian
  • Thomas George Crippen 1841–1929 · librarian
  • Thomas George Crippen 1841–1930 · librarian
  • Thomas George Crippen 1841–1929 · librarian

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 Crippen,
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 States298 records

298 records of the Crippen name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 142
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 55
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 52
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 47
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert G. Crippen

    Born 1915 in Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York; driver. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1971, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Robert W. Crippen

    U.S. Air Force veteran. Born 1938, died 1987; buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Chrystabel A. Crippen

    Born 1910 in London, England. Entered the United States at New York in 1949. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 298 records for Crippen 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) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Canada10 records

10 records of the Crippen name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 7
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William Crippen

    Buried in 1972 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 87.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Alfred Foster Crippen

    Died 1931; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  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 Lionel Crippen

    Died in service in 1915.

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

Showing 3 of 10 records for Crippen in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · 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. 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).

Australia5 records

5 records of the Crippen name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 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 Crippen

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the John Brewer, sailing from Sheerness in 1841. Native of Longwood, Yorkshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Joan Eileen Crippen

    Housekeeper of Ringwood, Victoria; died 1991.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Crippen

    Sailed from Victoria in 1854 aboard the Black Swan III, bound for Launceston, aged 25.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Crippen in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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