The Grigsby surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,501 people carried this name — #3,141 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 11,017 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Grigsby surname

Habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in Lincolnshire, from an unclear first element + Old Norse bý (“farmstead”).

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

In print

Grigsby in American newspapers,
1911–1913.

Newspaper page from The Madison Journal carrying the name Grigsby
The Madison Journal 1913-08-02
Newspaper page from The Enterprise carrying the name Grigsby
The Enterprise 1911-02-23
Newspaper page from Abbeville Progress carrying the name Grigsby
Abbeville Progress 1913-08-02

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

In print

Grigsby in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.

837 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Grigsby. The most, 167, date from the 1940s. 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 Western Australia, at 3.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 305
Western Australia 271
New South Wales 168
Queensland 40
South Australia 36
Tasmania 10
ACT (Canberra) 5

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

Who carried it

People named Grigsby,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Melvin Grigsby
    Melvin Grigsby 1845–1917 · lawyer
  • Ella Abomah Williams
    Ella Abomah Williams 1865–1928 · circus performer
  • Sioux K. Grigsby
    Sioux K. Grigsby 1873–1968 · lawyer
  • George Barnes Grigsby
    George Barnes Grigsby 1874–1962 · lawyer
  • Denver Grigsby
    Denver Grigsby 1901–1973 · baseball player
  • Andrew J. Grigsby 1819–1895 · politician

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 Grigsby,
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 States678 records

678 records of the Grigsby name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 413
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 218
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Ramsey County (Minnesota) Memorial Hall, war dead 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Eugene C. Grigsby

    Born 1930; from Atlantic County, New Jersey. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea. Buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.

    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 Thacker L. Grigsby

    Born 1915 in Texas. Enlisted 1946 at Rupert, Idaho; mail carrier. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1977, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 James Grigsby

    Arrived at New York in 1873 aboard the Algeria from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 40; gardener. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 678 records for Grigsby 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Ramsey County, Minnesota (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).

Australia59 records

59 records of the Grigsby name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 32
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 14
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 5
  • Tasmanian Names Index 4
  • Ballarat Avenue of Honour, First World War 2
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  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 Edward Grigsby

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Duncan, sailing from Sheerness in 1840. Native of Maidstone, Kent.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Leslie J. Grigsby

    Enlisted in 1916 with the 8th Battalion. Honoured on the Ballarat Avenue of Honour.

    City of Ballarat, Avenue of Honour Plaques (CC BY 3.0 AU)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Alexander Grigsby

    Retired of Grovedale, Victoria; died 1992.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 59 records for Grigsby in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · City of Ballarat, Avenue of Honour Plaques (CC BY 3.0 AU) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). 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); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

New Zealand3 records

3 records of the Grigsby name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Dorothea Ida Grigsby

    Died 1994, aged 93; buried at Avonhead Memorial Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Joan Daphne Grigsby

    Died 1998, aged 77; buried at Avonhead Memorial Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Grigsby in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Grigsby name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record John B. Grigsby

    Buried in 1951 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  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 Charles Thomas Grigsby

    Died in service in 1918.

    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. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Grigsby name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Harold Roy Grigsby

    Married in 1946 in Ede; farmer.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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