The Dubose surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,120 people carried this name — #2,748 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,500 people counted. That is up 6% from 12,377 in 2000.

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In print

Dubose in American newspapers,
1901.

Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Dubose
The San Francisco Call 1901-09-14
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Dubose
The San Francisco Call 1901-08-28
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Dubose
The San Francisco Call 1901-09-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 26,285 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Dubose,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Katherine Ann Richards DuBose 1826–1906 · writer
  • Louis Dubose 1901– · journalist

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Dubose,
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 States579 records

579 records of the Dubose name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 378
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 153
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 17
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Theodore C. Dubose

    Born 1912 in Florida. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Blanding; artist from Escambia County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Pensacola, Florida.

    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 Jean Dubose

    Arrived at New York in 1838 aboard the Erie from Havre, aged 33; farmer. From Prussia, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Larry Douglas Dubose

    Born 1949; from Rocky Mount, North Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 579 records for Dubose 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 · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands36 records

36 records of the Dubose name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 19
  • Dutch population registers 13
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 4
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Agatha Christina du Bose

    Born 1876 in Kralingen. Died 1876 in Kralingen.

    Open Archives, Nationaal Archief Rijksarchief Zuid-Holland (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Wilhelmina du Bose

    Born 1824 in Rotterdam. Married in 1861 in Gennep.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Philippus Wilhelmus du Bose

    In the population register of Nijmegen; born in Nijmegen.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Nijmegen (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 36 records for Dubose in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Dubose name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. 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 Thomas Coke Du Bose

    Died in service in 1943.

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

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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