The Elledge surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,110 people carried this name — #8,060 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,113).

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In print

Elledge in American newspapers,
1901–1924.

Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Elledge
The Topeka State Journal 1901-11-04
Newspaper page from The National Tribune carrying the name Elledge
The National Tribune 1902-08-21
Newspaper page from The Laurens Advertiser carrying the name Elledge
The Laurens Advertiser 1924-09-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,761 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Elledge in Australian newspapers,
1940s–1960s.

69 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Elledge. The most, 26, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 53
New South Wales 15
South Australia 1

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

In the public record

People named Elledge,
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 States195 records

195 records of the Elledge name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 128
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 56
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • Ramsey County (Minnesota) Memorial Hall, war dead 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Michael Stewart Elledge

    Born 1946; from North Little Rock, Arkansas. U.S. Army, field artillery unit commander; died of wounds 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Little Rock National Cemetery, Arkansas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Russell C. Elledge

    Born 1905 in Iowa. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Macarthur San Pedro, California; stationary engineer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1965, buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record William Carl Elledge

    U.S. Navy veteran of World War I. Born 1888, died 1951; buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 195 records for Elledge 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · Ramsey County, Minnesota (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Elledge name in Australia Queensland State Archives indexes
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Kathleen A. Elledge

    Arrived in Queensland in 1928 aboard the Osterley, aged 23.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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