The Ice surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,994 people carried this name — #8,295 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,968 in 2000.

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In print

Ice in American newspapers,
1878–1911.

Newspaper page from The New Orleans Daily Democrat carrying the name Ice
The New Orleans Daily Democrat 1878-07-19
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Ice
Daily Kennebec Journal 1911-05-19
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Ice
Daily Kennebec Journal 1887-03-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Ice in Australian newspapers,
1820s–2000s.

25,542 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ice. The most, 5,191, date from the 1920s. 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 Victoria, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 7,575
Victoria 7,495
Queensland 4,592
South Australia 2,727
Western Australia 1,606
Tasmania 1,319
ACT (Canberra) 174
Northern Territory 23

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

Who carried it

People named Ice,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Harry Treese Ice 1904– · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · 2 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ice,
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 States224 records

224 records of the Ice name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 146
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 53
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 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 Delmer E. Ice

    Born 1916 in Ohio. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Hayes Columbus; molder from Belmont County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Belmont Memorial Park, Saint Clairsville, Ohio.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Luigi Ice

    Arrived at New York in 1903 aboard the Citta di Napoli from Genoa, Naples and Palermo, aged 23; baker. From Larmo, Campobasso, Italy.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Wesley Gene Ice

    Born 1946; from Bridgeport, West Virginia. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 224 records for Ice 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) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Canada3 records

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

    Died 1909 in Halifax, 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 Sam Ice

    Died in service in 1919.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Angus Ice

    Married 1889 in Colchester, 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. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. 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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Ice name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ellis Ice

    Arrived in Victoria in 1849 as an assisted immigrant aboard the Royal George, aged 22.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 2 records for Ice in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (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).

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