The Lemaster surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,858 people carried this name — #4,513 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 7,593 in 2000.

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In print

Lemaster in American newspapers,
1911–1930.

Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Lemaster
The Washington Herald 1922-03-28
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Lemaster
The Washington Times 1930-07-07
Newspaper page from Laredo Weekly Times carrying the name Lemaster
Laredo Weekly Times 1911-09-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,279 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Lemaster,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Denny Lemaster
    Denny Lemaster 1939–2024 · baseball player
  • James Lemaster 1774–

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named Lemaster,
in the records of the United States.

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 States319 records

319 records of the Lemaster name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 217
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 84
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Clyde H. Lemaster

    Born 1911 in California. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles; driver from Los Angeles County. Veteran; died 1973, buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, 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 Michael Eugene Lemaster

    Born 1947; from Ft Worth, Texas. U.S. Army, utility/observation helicopter pilot; died in an accident 1969 in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record James Richardson Lemaster

    Confederate Army veteran. Born 1844, died 1926; buried at Liberty Umc Cemetery, Spartanburg, South Carolina.

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

Showing 3 of 319 records for Lemaster 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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