The Dunson surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,088 people carried this name — #8,110 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted. That is up 7% from 3,817 in 2000.

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In print

Dunson in American newspapers,
1901–1914.

Newspaper page from The Wichita Daily Eagle carrying the name Dunson
The Wichita Daily Eagle 1901-04-21
Newspaper page from The Richmond Palladium carrying the name Dunson
The Richmond Palladium 1906-04-09
Newspaper page from Baxter Springs News carrying the name Dunson
Baxter Springs News 1914-10-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,376 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Dunson in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1940s.

95 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dunson. The most, 28, 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 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 34
New South Wales 29
Queensland 17
Tasmania 7
Western Australia 5
South Australia 2

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

In the public record

People named Dunson,
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 States208 records

208 records of the Dunson name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 119
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 53
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 22
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 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 Joseph H. N. Dunson

    Born 1909 in Washington. Enlisted 1942 at Tacoma; craneman from King County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1973, 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 Enoch Dunson

    Arrived at New York in 1883 aboard the Adriatic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 37; laborer. From England.

    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 Rodney E. Dunson

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1948, died 1997; buried at Seagraves Cemetery, Texas.

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

Showing 3 of 208 records for Dunson 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).

Australia7 records

7 records of the Dunson name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  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 Henry Dunson

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Hive, arriving 1834; ticket of leave 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 Ambrose Dunson

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 aboard the James McHenry, as an infant; English.

    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 Dunson

    Left Hobart in 1846 aboard the Ariel, bound for Port Albert, as crew.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Dunson in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (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); 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Dunson name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Isabel Dunson

    Married 1892 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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