The Halcomb surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,883 people carried this name — #8,489 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 75,800 people counted. That is up 4% from 3,719 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, Halcomb was counted together with Holcomb: 133 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 740 people lived in those households, 5.6 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Holcomb, Halcom, Halcomb, Halcombe, Holcom, Holcombe, Holcum, Holkum. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Connecticut 68
South Carolina 19
New York 13
Massachusetts 11
North Carolina 11
Vermont 6
Pennsylvania 3
Virginia 2

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 245 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Halcomb in American newspapers,
1910–1916.

Newspaper page from The Colville Examiner carrying the name Halcomb
The Colville Examiner 1916-02-05
Newspaper page from The Colville Examiner carrying the name Halcomb
The Colville Examiner 1916-02-19
Newspaper page from The Crook County Monitor carrying the name Halcomb
The Crook County Monitor 1910-09-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,759 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Halcomb in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1960s.

2,246 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Halcomb. The most, 705, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 6.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 1,834
New South Wales 196
Victoria 103
Tasmania 79
Queensland 21
Western Australia 11
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Halcomb,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Frederick Halcomb 1836–1919 · civil servant
  • Frederick Halcomb 1836–1919 · civil servant

Wikidata (CC0) · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Halcomb,
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 States198 records

198 records of the Halcomb name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 140
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 31
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Luke T. Halcomb

    Born 1903 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco, California; shipping clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1967, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    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 Carlton Barry Halcomb

    Born 1946; from Longmont, Colorado. U.S. Marine Corps, machinegunner; killed in action 1968 in Thua Thien, 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 Raymond H. Halcomb

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1936, died 1984; buried at Lebanon National Cemetery, Kentucky.

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

Showing 3 of 198 records for Halcomb 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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).

Australia14 records

14 records of the Halcomb name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 9
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Geo Halcomb

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Scargo, aged 27; Scottish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Robert Halcomb

    Died 1899 in Westbury, Tasmania, aged 39.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Crayton P. Halcomb

    Of Sydney, New South Wales; died 1885.

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

Showing 3 of 14 records for Halcomb in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Halcomb name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Arthur F. Halcomb

    Buried in 1968 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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