The Hickerson surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,041 people carried this name — #6,700 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,001 in 2000.

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In print

Hickerson in American newspapers,
1839–1880.

Newspaper page from The Mississippi Creole carrying the name Hickerson
The Mississippi Creole 1841-10-23
Newspaper page from Sacramento Daily Record-union carrying the name Hickerson
Sacramento Daily Record-union 1880-08-21
Newspaper page from Madison Whig Advocate carrying the name Hickerson
Madison Whig Advocate 1839-09-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,801 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hickerson in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1950s.

194 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hickerson. The most, 125, date from the 1950s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 76
Queensland 45
Western Australia 23
Tasmania 20
South Australia 15
Victoria 10
ACT (Canberra) 5

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

Who carried it

People named Hickerson,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John D. Hickerson
    John D. Hickerson 1898–1989 · diplomat
  • Joe Hickerson 1935–2025 · librarian
  • Gene Hickerson 1935–2008 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hickerson,
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 States341 records

341 records of the Hickerson name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 202
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 87
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 35
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 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 Loader L. Hickerson

    Born 1918 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Dallas; auto mechanic from Tarrant County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Ross Cemetery Annex, Baird, Texas.

    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 Damon W. Hickerson

    Born 1932; from Taylor County, Kentucky. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman - parachutist; killed in action 1951 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary A. Hickerson

    Arrived at New York in 1870 aboard the Aleppo from Liverpool, aged 26. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 341 records for Hickerson 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada7 records

7 records of the Hickerson name in Canada
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 5
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Richard Edgar Hickerson

    Died 1944, aged 68; buried at St. Vital Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Everett Hickerson

    Died 1958 in Sandy Point, Shelburne, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Lewis Edmund Hickerson

    Died 1947; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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

Showing 3 of 7 records for Hickerson in Canada.

Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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