The Grissom surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,563 people carried this name — #3,116 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 11,131 in 2000.

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In print

Grissom in American newspapers,
1900–1915.

Newspaper page from Free Press carrying the name Grissom
Free Press 1900-01-27
Newspaper page from Wheeling Register carrying the name Grissom
Wheeling Register 1900-02-20
Newspaper page from The Holly Chieftain carrying the name Grissom
The Holly Chieftain 1915-04-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,585 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Grissom in Australian newspapers,
1940s–1970s.

33 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Grissom. The most, 21, date from the 1940s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 19
ACT (Canberra) 7
Queensland 4
Tasmania 1
Victoria 1

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

Who carried it

People named Grissom,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Irene Welch Grissom
    Irene Welch Grissom 1873–1965 · writer
  • Lee Grissom
    Lee Grissom 1907–1998 · baseball player
  • Marv Grissom
    Marv Grissom 1918–2005 · baseball player
  • Gus Grissom
    Gus Grissom 1926–1967 · astronaut
  • Gus Grissom
    Gus Grissom 1926–1967 · astronaut
  • Gladys Woods Grissom 1898–1931

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 Grissom,
in the records of 2 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 States557 records

557 records of the Grissom name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 395
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 138
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 11
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Norbin B. Grissom

    Born 1920 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1944 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi; locomotive fireman. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Masonic Cemetery, Amory, Mississippi.

    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 Harold Glenn Grissom

    Born 1950; from Spring Creek, Tennessee. U.S. Army, antenna installer specialist; killed in action 1970 in Phuoc Long, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Sally Anne Grissom

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1945, died 1983; buried at Salisbury National Cemetery, North Carolina.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 557 records for Grissom 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Grissom 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 Ervin Earl Grissom

    Died in service in 1943.

    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).

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