The Greenlee surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,048 people carried this name — #3,933 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,600 people counted. That is up 6% from 8,531 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Greenlee surname

Habitational surname from several minor places in England, named from Old English grēne (“green”) + lēah (“clearing, glade”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Greenlee» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Greenlee in American newspapers,
1891–1909.

Newspaper page from The Roundup Record carrying the name Greenlee
The Roundup Record 1909-10-08
Newspaper page from The Harlowton News carrying the name Greenlee
The Harlowton News 1909-11-19
Newspaper page from Among The Clouds carrying the name Greenlee
Among The Clouds 1891-08-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 19,397 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Greenlee in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

239 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Greenlee. The most, 44, date from the 1930s. Victoria has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in South Australia, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 77
New South Wales 64
South Australia 56
Queensland 33
Tasmania 4
Western Australia 4
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Greenlee,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Brooks Greenlee 1872–1953
  • Sarah B. Greenlee 1924– · military personnel
  • Charles Greenlee 1927–1993 · musician
  • Sam Greenlee 1930–2014 · screenwriter
  • W. Martin Greenlee 1936–2013 · professor of mathematics
  • Bill Greenlee 1938–2010 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Greenlee,
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 States486 records

486 records of the Greenlee name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 299
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 114
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 23
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 17
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 9
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Steven Joseph Greenlee

    Born 1948; from El Paso, Texas. U.S. Army, attack helicopter pilot; killed in action 1970 in Cambodia. Buried at Fort Bliss National Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Horace D. Greenlee

    Born 1917 in Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Hamblen Memory Gardens, Morristown, Tennessee.

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

    Arrived at Philadelphia in 1846 aboard the Champlain from Liverpool, aged 28. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 486 records for Greenlee in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Greenlee name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  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 John James Greenlee

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  2. 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 Gerald Francis Greenlee

    Died in service in 1945.

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

    Canadian Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

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

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). 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 Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Greenlee 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 J. Greenlee

    Irish Guards. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Greenlee

    King's (Liverpool Regiment). Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    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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