The Macomber surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,047 people carried this name — #8,201 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,000 people counted. That is up 10% from 3,666 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

90 families named Macomber, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 561 people lived in those households, 6.2 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 5 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Massachusetts 64
New York 14
Rhode Island 7
Maine 3
New Hampshire 1
Connecticut 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 251 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Macomber in American newspapers,
1889–1915.

Newspaper page from Evening Journal carrying the name Macomber
Evening Journal 1889-06-26
Newspaper page from Tulsa Daily World carrying the name Macomber
Tulsa Daily World 1915-10-31
Newspaper page from The Republican carrying the name Macomber
The Republican 1902-09-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 36,616 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Macomber in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

358 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Macomber. The most, 187, date from the 1920s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 118
Victoria 80
Queensland 62
South Australia 49
Western Australia 25
Tasmania 16
ACT (Canberra) 8

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

Who carried it

People named Macomber,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Susannah Macomber d. 1831
  • William Macomber 1610–1670
  • Nathaniel Macomber 1708–1787
  • Nathaniel Macomber 1709–1787
  • Southworth Macomber 1764–1859
  • John Jarvis Macomber 1796–1878

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

In the public record

People named Macomber,
in the records of 2 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 States366 records

366 records of the Macomber name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 147
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 68
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 68
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 48
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 20
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 13
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 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 Clifford F. Macomber

    Born 1943; from Cotulla, Texas. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; killed in action 1970 in Cambodia. Buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Robert I. Macomber

    Born 1919 in Maine. Enlisted 1942 at Portland; farm hand from Kennebec County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.

    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 Frank G. Macomber

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Britannic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 43; merchant. From Liverpool; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 366 records for Macomber 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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).

Canada59 records

59 records of the Macomber name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 57
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Herbert Ernest Macomber

    Died 1924 in Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record George Leonard Macomber

    Died 1936; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record John Alexander Macomber

    Married 1908 in Hants, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 59 records for Macomber in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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