The Delk surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,222 people carried this name — #6,498 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 56,500 people counted. That is up 10% from 4,760 in 2000.

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In print

Delk in American newspapers,
1910.

Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Delk
The Topeka State Journal 1910-03-03
Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Delk
The Topeka State Journal 1910-03-04
Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Delk
The Topeka State Journal 1910-03-31

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,124 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Delk in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1920s.

21 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Delk. The most, 4, date from the 1890s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 7
New South Wales 4
South Australia 3
Victoria 3
Western Australia 2
Northern Territory 1
Tasmania 1

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

In the public record

People named Delk,
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 States256 records

256 records of the Delk name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 154
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 67
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 22
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Richard L. Delk

    Born 1920 in Oregon. Enlisted 1942 at Portland; pattern maker from Multnomah County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    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 Heinr Delk

    Arrived at New York in 1876 aboard the Gellert from Hamburg and Havre, aged 30; farmer. From 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 Chester M. Delk

    U.S. Navy veteran of World War I. Born 1895, died 1982; buried at Mill Springs National Cemetery, Kentucky.

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

Showing 3 of 256 records for Delk 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). 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).

France1 record

1 record of the Delk name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Leon Delk

    Born 1921 in Saint-Mihiel; died 1993 in Saint-Mihiel (Meuse).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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