The Dabney surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,376 people carried this name — #4,793 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,000 people counted. That is up 7% from 6,878 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Dabney surname
A placename deriving from the surname:.
Habitational surname of Norman origin, from de (“of”) and the toponym Aubigny or Aubigné, from Medieval Latin Albiniacus, from the Roman gens, Latin Albinius.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Dabney» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In print
Dabney in American newspapers,
1887–1914.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 78,670 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Dabney in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.
199 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dabney. The most, 44, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.5 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dabney.
Who carried it
People named Dabney,
with a public archive behind them.
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Susan Heard Oliver Dabney d. 1938
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Cornelius Dabney 1630–1694
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Mary Dabney 1632–1680
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Sarah Dabney 1658–1719
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George Dabney 1669–1734
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Elizabeth Anderson Dabney 1670–
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Dabney,
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 States568 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 291
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 134
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 101
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 14
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
- Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Alvin DabneyBorn 1920 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1943 at Cincinnati, Ohio; filling station attendant. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Dayton National Cemetery, Ohio.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Harold Thomas DabneyBorn 1947; from Pueblo, Colorado. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Ellen DabneyArrived at New York in 1880 aboard the Bothnia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 55; matron.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 568 records for Dabney in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · 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); 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).
Australia4 records
- Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
- Tasmanian Names Index 1
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
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Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829 Transportation record George DabneyTransported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Marion, sailing from London in 1845. Native of Gloucestershire.
Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Harry DabneyManager of Mentone, Victoria; died 1961.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Evelyn Freer DabneyOf Mentone, Victoria; died 1972.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 4 records for Dabney in Australia.
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Dabney.
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