The Hembree surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,665 people carried this name — #5,232 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 44,200 people counted. That is up 1% from 6,603 in 2000.

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In print

Hembree in American newspapers,
1855–1856.

Newspaper page from New-york Daily Tribune carrying the name Hembree
New-york Daily Tribune 1856-05-30
Newspaper page from Daily National Intelligencer carrying the name Hembree
Daily National Intelligencer 1855-02-26
Newspaper page from Daily National Intelligencer carrying the name Hembree
Daily National Intelligencer 1855-01-19

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,712 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hembree in Australian newspapers,
the 1880s.

22 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hembree.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 8
Victoria 5
South Australia 4
Queensland 3
Northern Territory 1
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named Hembree,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles Herbert Hembree 1915–1992 · hydrogeologist
  • Bill Hembree 1966–2026 · politician

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

In the public record

People named Hembree,
in the records of the United States.

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 States342 records

342 records of the Hembree name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 263
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 67
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lawrence P. Hembree

    Born 1924 in Georgia. Enlisted 1944 at Fort McPherson Atlanta; farmer. U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 2000, buried at Glenn Memorial Cemetery, Villa Rica, Georgia.

    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 Ronald Gene Hembree

    Born 1947; from Andrews, North Carolina. U.S. Navy, hospital corpsman; killed in action 1968 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 John H. Hembree

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1953, died 2000; buried at Aquone Bapt Church Cemetery, Topton, North Carolina.

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

Showing 3 of 342 records for Hembree 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) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). 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).

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