The Emory surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,641 people carried this name — #6,075 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,504 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Emory surname

A surname originating as a patronymic, variant of Emery.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Emory» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Emory in American newspapers,
1908–1916.

Newspaper page from The Day Book carrying the name Emory
The Day Book 1916-06-06
Newspaper page from The Seattle Star carrying the name Emory
The Seattle Star 1908-02-26
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Emory
The Birmingham Age-herald 1912-10-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Emory in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1980s.

2,668 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Emory. The most, 566, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,355
Victoria 670
Queensland 363
Tasmania 124
South Australia 81
Western Australia 55
ACT (Canberra) 14

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

Who carried it

People named Emory,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Emory
    John Emory 1789–1835 · priest
  • William H. Emory
    William H. Emory 1811–1887 · politician
  • James Webster Emory
    James Webster Emory 1826– · politician
  • Campbell Dallas Emory
    Campbell Dallas Emory 1839–1878
  • William H. Emory, Jr.
    William H. Emory, Jr. 1846–1917 · military officer
  • Hetty Burr 1795–1862 · abolitionist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Emory,
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 States378 records

378 records of the Emory name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 212
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 73
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 46
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 22
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Thermon Henry Emory

    Born 1938; from Jackson, Tennessee. U.S. Navy, signalman; died in an accident 1970 in Kien Phong, South Vietnam. Buried at Memphis National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 Theodosia J. Emory

    Born 1902 in Missouri. Enlisted 1944 in the Women's Army Corps at Cape Girardeau; secondary school teacher. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William H. Emory

    Arrived at New York in 1879 aboard the Gallia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 32; naval officer.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 378 records for Emory 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia7 records

7 records of the Emory name in Australia
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 4
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 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 Michael Emory

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Asia, arriving 1831; ticket of leave 1836. Native of Monaghan.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Walter Henry Emory

    Retired wheelwright of Croydon, Victoria; died 1960.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Martha Nance Emory

    Of Balmain, New South Wales; died 1930.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Emory in Australia.

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Emory name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Everett Emory

    Died 1941 in Westville, Pictou, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Louis Emory

    Buried in 1921 at Fairview Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.

Showing 2 of 3 records for Emory in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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