The Glisson surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,370 people carried this name — #7,607 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,600 people counted. That is up 6% from 4,115 in 2000.

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In print

Glisson in American newspapers,
1900–1926.

Newspaper page from New Britain Herald carrying the name Glisson
New Britain Herald 1926-10-30
Newspaper page from The Providence News carrying the name Glisson
The Providence News 1900-11-30
Newspaper page from Springfield Weekly Republican carrying the name Glisson
Springfield Weekly Republican 1926-12-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,993 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Glisson in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1950s.

818 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Glisson. The most, 166, date from the 1900s. 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 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 457
Queensland 158
Victoria 158
South Australia 20
Western Australia 10
Tasmania 8
ACT (Canberra) 3
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Glisson,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Francis Glisson
    Francis Glisson 1597–1677 · university teacher
  • Gerald Glisson 1973–2020 · association football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Glisson,
in the records of 4 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 States201 records

201 records of the Glisson name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 141
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 41
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Luther Glisson

    Born 1910 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; porter from Kings County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Johnny William Glisson

    Born 1949; from Savannah, Georgia. U.S. Army, combat engineer; killed in action 1969 in Quang Ngai, 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 Thomas Glisson

    Arrived at New York in 1847 aboard the Hannah Thorton from Liverpool, aged 26; mechanic. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 201 records for Glisson 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) · 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).

Australia37 records

37 records of the Glisson name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 13
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 12
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 8
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Kitty Glisson

    Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1840. Married 1840 in Launceston, Tasmania, aged 26.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. 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 Joseph Glisson

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Bangalore, arriving 1850.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Saml Glisson

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Helen Lindsay, aged 24; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 37 records for Glisson in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); 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).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Glisson 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 A. B. Glisson

    Gunner, Jjl Yeomanry. 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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Glisson name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Charles Glisson

    Died 1889 in Rotterdam, aged 26.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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