The Kirksey surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,654 people carried this name — #6,068 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,100 people counted. That is up 8% from 5,230 in 2000.

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In print

Kirksey in American newspapers,
1845–1925.

Newspaper page from Jeffersonian carrying the name Kirksey
Jeffersonian 1845-01-25
Newspaper page from The Tupelo Journal carrying the name Kirksey
The Tupelo Journal 1912-11-08
Newspaper page from The Dawson News carrying the name Kirksey
The Dawson News 1925-01-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,247 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Kirksey,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henry Kirksey 1915–2005 · politician
  • Roy Kirksey 1947–1981 · American football player
  • Dianne Kirksey 1950–2020 · screenwriter

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Kirksey,
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 States260 records

260 records of the Kirksey name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 182
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 66
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Willie James Kirksey

    Born 1947; from St Louis, Missouri. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Kien Hoa, South Vietnam. Buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    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 Joseph B. Kirksey

    Born 1924 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1943 at Fresno, California; aircraft worker. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Leon M. Kirksey

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1936, died 1998; buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

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

Showing 3 of 260 records for Kirksey in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Kirksey name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. 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 Melton Kirksey

    Served in the No. 2 Construction Battalion in the First World War, private; of Bessemer, Alabama.

    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. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Kirksey 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 Walter Kirksey

    Arrived in Victoria in 1907 aboard the Ortona, aged 42.

    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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