The Ketchum surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,407 people carried this name — #4,213 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 8,229 in 2000.

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In print

Ketchum in American newspapers,
1883–1918.

Newspaper page from Tulsa Daily World carrying the name Ketchum
Tulsa Daily World 1918-05-08
Newspaper page from The Daily Enterprise carrying the name Ketchum
The Daily Enterprise 1883-12-24
Newspaper page from Daily Inter Mountain carrying the name Ketchum
Daily Inter Mountain 1901-04-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 46,684 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Ketchum in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

221 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ketchum. The most, 63, date from the 1930s. 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 Queensland, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 56
Queensland 55
Victoria 46
South Australia 30
Western Australia 17
Tasmania 10
Northern Territory 3
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Ketchum,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Jauncey Ketchum
    John Jauncey Ketchum 1770–1841
  • Jesse Ketchum
    Jesse Ketchum 1782–1867
  • William Scott Ketchum
    William Scott Ketchum 1813–1871 · military officer
  • Annie Chambers Ketchum
    Annie Chambers Ketchum 1824–1904 · naturalist
  • Richard Ketchum 1773–1845 · judge
  • Louisa Jauncey Ketchum 1797–1890 · artist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ketchum,
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 States833 records

833 records of the Ketchum name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 287
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 214
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 151
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 126
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 23
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 18
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Samuel L. Ketchum

    Born 1931; from Los Angeles County, California. U.S. Army, heavy weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea. Buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    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 Carlton W. Ketchum

    Born 1918 in Michigan. Enlisted 1944 at Detroit; machine shop worker from Wayne County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Fort Custer National Cemetery, Michigan.

    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 Henry Ketchum

    Arrived at New York in 1872 aboard the China from Liverpool, aged 33; engineer. From Scotland.

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

Showing 3 of 833 records for Ketchum in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). 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).

Canada8 records

8 records of the Ketchum name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Tyler Owen Ketchum

    Died 1986, aged 24; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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

    Died in service in 1917.

    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 Clara Morris Ketchum

    Married 1911 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 8 records for Ketchum in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); 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).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Ketchum 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 F. M. Ketchum

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the Whirlwind, aged 19.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

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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