The Grizzle surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,347 people carried this name — #7,638 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 68,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,147 in 2000.

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In print

Grizzle in American newspapers,
1819–1905.

Newspaper page from New York Dispatch carrying the name Grizzle
New York Dispatch 1885-04-05
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Grizzle
The Birmingham Age-herald 1905-05-14
Newspaper page from The New Hampshire Gazette carrying the name Grizzle
The New Hampshire Gazette 1819-09-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 76,060 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Grizzle in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1940s.

2,393 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Grizzle. The most, 718, date from the 1850s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 684
Tasmania 586
Victoria 575
South Australia 346
New South Wales 162
Western Australia 39

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

Who carried it

People named Grizzle,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Stanley G. Grizzle
    Stanley G. Grizzle 1918–2016 · trade unionist
  • Mary R. Grizzle
    Mary R. Grizzle 1921–2006 · lawyer

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 Grizzle,
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 States169 records

169 records of the Grizzle name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 127
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 32
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Carl M. Grizzle

    Born 1917 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; office clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 1999, buried at Resthaven Memorial Park, Ponca City, Oklahoma.

    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 Wendell Ray Grizzle

    Born 1946; from Ralls, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1966 in Quang Tri, 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 Steve Orval Grizzle

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1950, died 1992; buried at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 169 records for Grizzle 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Grizzle name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Delite Grizzle

    Married 1835 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Catherine Grizzle

    Married 1888 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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