The Grable surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,231 people carried this name — #9,983 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 90,900 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,212 in 2000.

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In print

Grable in American newspapers,
1898.

Newspaper page from The News & Observer carrying the name Grable
The News & Observer 1898-02-04
Newspaper page from Foster's Daily Democrat carrying the name Grable
Foster's Daily Democrat 1898-02-04
Newspaper page from The Portland Daily Press carrying the name Grable
The Portland Daily Press 1898-02-04

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

In print

Grable in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1970s.

752 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Grable. The most, 274, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 297
Queensland 145
Victoria 99
South Australia 83
Western Australia 71
Tasmania 34
ACT (Canberra) 9
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Grable,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Betty Grable
    Betty Grable 1916–1973 · actor
  • Judy Grable
    Judy Grable 1925–2008 · actor
  • Judy Grable
    Judy Grable 1935–2008 · actor
  • Rob Grable 1970–2019 · baseball 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 Grable,
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 States165 records

165 records of the Grable name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 98
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 54
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lester M. Grable

    Born 1922 in Indiana. Enlisted 1942 at Kalamazoo, Michigan; shipping clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Fort Custer National Cemetery, Michigan.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1886 aboard the Noordland from Antwerp, aged 22; farmer. From Germany; bound for Toledo.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record William S. Grable

    Born 1931; from Stoddard County, Missouri. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; killed in action 1953 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 165 records for Grable 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Germany23 records

23 records of the Grable name in Germany
  • Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919 21
  • German emigration and citizenship files 2
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Thomas Gräble

    From Watterdingen, Engen. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 20 June 1916 (Grenadier Regiment No. 110).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Peter Gräble

    Left Watterdingen for Fehraltorf, Switzerland in 1868.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (CC0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Elisabeth Gräble

    Left Dettingen for Hausen ob Verena in 1863.

    Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek / Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg (CC0)

Showing 3 of 23 records for Grable in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0) · Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Grable name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Claire Grable

    Born 1925 in Germany; died 1999 in Brive-la-Gaillarde (Corrèze).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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