The Grooms surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,045 people carried this name — #3,267 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 10,640 in 2000.

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In print

Grooms in American newspapers,
1898.

Newspaper page from The Saratoga Sun carrying the name Grooms
The Saratoga Sun 1898-02-24
Newspaper page from Rawlins Semi-weekly Republican carrying the name Grooms
Rawlins Semi-weekly Republican 1898-03-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 971,883 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Grooms in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

1,633 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Grooms. The most, 299, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 2.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 652
New South Wales 488
Victoria 286
ACT (Canberra) 70
South Australia 46
Western Australia 44
Tasmania 39

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

Who carried it

People named Grooms,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Harlan Hobart Grooms
    Harlan Hobart Grooms 1900–1991 · judge

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 Grooms,
in the records of 4 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 States554 records

554 records of the Grooms name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 366
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 140
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 14
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jimmie Lee Grooms

    Born 1947; from Hopkins, South Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Jackson National Cemetery, South Carolina.

    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 Floyd Grooms

    Born 1920 in Ohio. Enlisted 1942 at Cincinnati; farmer from Adams County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Wilson Home For Funerals, Inc, Ohio.

    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 Josiah Grooms

    Arrived at New York in 1868 aboard the City of Antwerp from Liverpool, aged 26; painter. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 554 records for Grooms 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Australia7 records

7 records of the Grooms name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  • Canberra cemetery and marriage records 2
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Eli Grooms

    Arrived in Victoria in 1911 aboard the Osterley, aged 24.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Olive Muriel Grooms

    Buried in 1986 at Woden Cemetery, Canberra, ACT.

    ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record E. G. Grooms

    Of Goulburn, New South Wales; died 1910.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Grooms in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Grooms name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Delia G. Grooms

    Died 1920 in L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia.

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

    Died in service in 1916.

    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. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); 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 Grooms name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Wilm Grooms

    Married in 1623 in Wijk bij Duurstede.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts 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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