The Glaze surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,022 people carried this name — #5,005 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 6,709 in 2000.

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In print

Glaze in American newspapers,
1891–1916.

Newspaper page from Iron County Record carrying the name Glaze
Iron County Record 1916-11-10
Newspaper page from Albuquerque Evening Citizen carrying the name Glaze
Albuquerque Evening Citizen 1906-11-12
Newspaper page from The Manning Times carrying the name Glaze
The Manning Times 1891-11-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 819 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Glaze in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

826 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Glaze. The most, 410, 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 New South Wales, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 506
Queensland 166
Victoria 80
Western Australia 49
South Australia 19
Tasmania 3
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Glaze,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ralph Glaze
    Ralph Glaze 1882–1968 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Glaze,
in the records of 5 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 States396 records

396 records of the Glaze name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 258
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 100
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 9
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Booker T. Glaze

    Born 1908 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Houston; porter from Harris County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1979, buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Lee Glaze

    Born 1933; from Hutchinson, Kansas. U.S. Marine Corps, infantry unit leader; killed in action 1966 in Quang Nam, 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 Ann Glaze

    Arrived at New York in 1872 aboard the China from Liverpool, aged 41; matron. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 396 records for Glaze 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) · 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) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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).

Australia11 records

11 records of the Glaze name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 4
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  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 Ann Glaze

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Sea Queen, sailing from Woolwich in 1846. Native of Mitcham, Surrey. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1850. Married 1850 in Hobart, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record George Glaze

    Arrived in Queensland in 1887 aboard the Roma, aged 25.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Ann Glaze

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 as an assisted immigrant aboard the James Brown, as an infant.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Glaze in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (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).

France2 records

2 records of the Glaze name in France
  • France's national death register, 1970–2001 1
  • Loire-Atlantique's First World War dead 1
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Joseph Jean Elie Glaze

    Born 1878 in Sainte-Marie-sur-Mer; joiner. Died in the First World War on 9 November 1916 at Mourmelon le Grand (Marne); recorded “Mort pour la France”. Corporal, 35th Artillery Regiment.

    Département de Loire-Atlantique, Mémorial virtuel des morts pour la France (Licence Ouverte 2.0)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Lillian Glaze

    Born 1918 in the United Kingdom; died 1990 in Lourdes (Hautes-Pyrénées).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) · Département de Loire-Atlantique, Mémorial virtuel des morts pour la France (Licence Ouverte 2.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0); Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Glaze name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record Alfred Charles Glaze

    Died in service in 1945.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Glaze name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record F. Glaze

    South Staffordshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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