The Firestone surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,480 people carried this name — #7,434 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,800 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,251 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Firestone surname
Translation of the German toponymic surname Feuerstein, from Feuer (“fire”) + Stein (“stone”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Firestone» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In print
Firestone in American newspapers,
1919.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
In print
Firestone in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1980s.
374 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Firestone. The most, 119, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.5 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Firestone.
Who carried it
People named Firestone,
with a public archive behind them.
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Harvey Samuel Firestone 1868–1938 · entrepreneur -
Idabelle Smith Firestone 1874–1954 · composer -
Elizabeth Parke Firestone 1897–1990 -
Harvey S. Firestone, Jr. 1898–1973 · businessperson -
Leonard Firestone 1907–1996 · politician -
Benjamin Firestone 1831–1904
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 Firestone,
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 States320 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 157
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 73
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 38
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 33
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 18
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Elmer D. FirestoneBorn 1919 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1942 at New Cumberland; farm hand from Fayette County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran; died 1997, buried at Green Ridge Memorial Park, Connellsville, Pennsylvania.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Coy F. FirestoneBorn 1931; from Smyth County, Virginia. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.
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Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record William Oscar FirestoneU.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1890, died 1957; buried at Little Rock National Cemetery, Arkansas.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 320 records for Firestone in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
Australia5 records
- Canberra cemetery and marriage records 2
- Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record John Gerald FirestoneRetired printer of Bentleigh, Victoria; died 1994.
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Genevieve Olivia FirestoneDied 2000; buried at Gungahlin Cemetery, Canberra, ACT.
ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Mathilde Rose FirestoneOf East Bentleigh, Victoria; died 1996.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 5 records for Firestone in Australia.
Counts: ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).
Canada1 record
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Charles FirestoneDied 1998; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Firestone.
- Fiorina 180 · U.S. census
- Fiorini 1,262 · U.S. census
- Fiorino 928 · U.S. census
- Fiorio 119 · U.S. census
- Fiorito 1,282 · U.S. census
- Fiorucci 265 · U.S. census
- Firmin 862 · U.S. census
- Fisch 2,502 · U.S. census
- Fischbach 1,970 · U.S. census
- Fischer 72,357 · U.S. census
- Fischesser 209 · U.S. census
- Fish 24,924 · U.S. census
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