The Epley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,667 people carried this name — #8,925 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,615 in 2000.

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In print

Epley in American newspapers,
1908–1930.

Newspaper page from The Julesburg Grit-advocate carrying the name Epley
The Julesburg Grit-advocate 1922-10-05
Newspaper page from The Washington Daily News carrying the name Epley
The Washington Daily News 1930-08-27
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Epley
The San Francisco Call 1908-02-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,377 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Epley in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1930s.

25 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Epley. The most, 6, date from the 1880s.

Articles, by state

South Australia 9
New South Wales 6
Queensland 5
Victoria 3
Tasmania 1
Western Australia 1

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

In the public record

People named Epley,
in the records of the United States.

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 States178 records

178 records of the Epley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 117
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 50
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • 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 Elwood F. Epley

    Born 1916 in Missouri. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Macarthur San Pedro, California; garage laborer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1986, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Kenneth Keith Epley

    Born 1949; from Satellite Beach, Florida. U.S. Army, clerk; died of illness 1969 in Phong Dinh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Amand Epley

    Arrived at New York in 1850 aboard the George Evans from Havre, aged 24; farmer. From France; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 178 records for Epley 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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