The Kinser surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,720 people carried this name — #6,012 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,500 people counted. That is up 15% from 4,985 in 2000.

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In print

Kinser in American newspapers,
1907–1919.

Newspaper page from Fergus County Democrat carrying the name Kinser
Fergus County Democrat 1907-04-23
Newspaper page from The Maryville Times carrying the name Kinser
The Maryville Times 1919-07-16
Newspaper page from The Maryville Times carrying the name Kinser
The Maryville Times 1919-08-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,841 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Kinser,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Madlynne Angelina Kimmerle 1907–2005 · teacher
  • Sheldon Kinser 1942–1988 · engineer

Wikidata (CC0) · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Kinser,
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 States266 records

266 records of the Kinser name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 190
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 59
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Nathan W. Kinser

    Born 1918 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1943 at Sheppard Field Witchita Falls, Texas; stationary engineer. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Pleasant Hills Memorial Park, 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 Arthur William Kinser

    Born 1949; from Indianapolis, Indiana. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; killed in action 1970 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    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 Rosa Kinser

    Arrived at New York in 1839 aboard the Albany from Havre, aged 32; farmer. From France.

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

Showing 3 of 266 records for Kinser 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Kinser name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record George Kinser

    Listed at Hobart, Tasmania, in the census of 1827.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Ellen Kinser

    Listed at Hobart, Tasmania, in the census of 1827.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Kinser in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Kinser name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Bartelhomeus Kinser

    Buried in 1702 in Bergen op Zoom.

    Open Archives, West Brabants Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Bartehlomeus Kinser

    Buried in 1702 in Bergen op Zoom.

    Open Archives, West Brabants Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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