The Culberson surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,415 people carried this name — #9,520 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 86,200 people counted. That is up 7% from 3,183 in 2000.

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In print

Culberson in American newspapers,
1901–1911.

Newspaper page from Eureka Weekly Sentinel carrying the name Culberson
Eureka Weekly Sentinel 1901-10-12
Newspaper page from The Caucasian carrying the name Culberson
The Caucasian 1911-02-02
Newspaper page from Oxford Democrat carrying the name Culberson
Oxford Democrat 1903-03-24

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

In print

Culberson in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1930s.

44 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Culberson. The most, 16, date from the 1900s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 27
New South Wales 6
South Australia 5
Western Australia 5
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named Culberson,
with a public archive behind them.

  • David B. Culberson
    David B. Culberson 1830–1900 · lawyer
  • Charles Allen Culberson
    Charles Allen Culberson 1855–1925 · lawyer
  • Leon Culberson
    Leon Culberson 1919–1989 · baseball player
  • Dick Culberson 1922–2002 · basketball
  • William Louis Culberson 1929–2003 · botanical collector
  • Chicita Frances Culberson 1931–2023 · botanist

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 Culberson,
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 States202 records

202 records of the Culberson name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 123
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 59
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Harley D. Culberson

    Born 1915 in Illinois. Enlisted 1941 at Chicago; secondary school teacher from Shelby County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Millersville Cemetery, Pana, Illinois.

    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 John Culberson

    Arrived at New York in 1880 aboard the Bolivia from Glasgow and Moville, aged 40; shoemaker. From Ireland.

    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 Oliver D. Culberson

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1971; buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

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

Showing 3 of 202 records for Culberson 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); 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).

Australia6 records

6 records of the Culberson name in Australia
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  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 Culberson

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Waterloo, arriving 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 Culberson

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 as an assisted immigrant aboard the Neleus, aged 35.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record William Culberson

    Left Launceston in 1853 aboard the Yarra Yarra, bound for Melbourne.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Culberson in Australia.

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

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