The Despain surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,964 people carried this name — #8,350 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,600 people counted. That is up 10% from 3,598 in 2000.

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In print

Despain in American newspapers,
1915.

Newspaper page from Yellowstone Monitor carrying the name Despain
Yellowstone Monitor 1915-05-13
Newspaper page from Yellowstone Monitor carrying the name Despain
Yellowstone Monitor 1915-07-01
Newspaper page from Yellowstone Monitor carrying the name Despain
Yellowstone Monitor 1915-05-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,797 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Despain,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Don G. Despain
    Don G. Despain 1940–2022 · botanist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Despain,
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 States141 records

141 records of the Despain name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 98
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 34
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Kenneth E. Despain

    Born 1922 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1943 at Peoria, Illinois; driver from Sangamon County, Illinois. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1950, buried at Camp Butler National Cemetery, Illinois.

    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 Grover C. Despain

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1887, died 1953; buried at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Kentucky.

    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 Martina R. Despain

    Born 1907 in Mexico. Registered as a foreign national in Webb County, Texas, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 141 records for Despain 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).

France2 records

2 records of the Despain 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 Andre Paul Despain

    Born 1906 in Paris; died 1996 in Dammarie-les-Lys (Seine-et-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Roger Philippe Despain

    Born 1904 in Paris; died 1998 in Fréjus (Var).

    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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