The Mangum surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,515 people carried this name — #3,723 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 9,271 in 2000.

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In print

Mangum in American newspapers,
1912.

Newspaper page from Meade County News carrying the name Mangum
Meade County News 1912-04-04
Newspaper page from Rocky Ford Enterprise carrying the name Mangum
Rocky Ford Enterprise 1912-03-22
Newspaper page from The Mingo Republican carrying the name Mangum
The Mingo Republican 1912-03-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 46,630 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Mangum in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1950s.

38 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mangum. The most, 20, date from the 1900s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 20
Victoria 7
Queensland 6
South Australia 2
Western Australia 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Mangum,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Willie Person Mangum
    Willie Person Mangum 1792–1861 · judge
  • Leo Mangum
    Leo Mangum 1896–1974 · baseball player
  • Anne B. Mangum d. 2011
  • Vera Mangum 1898–1983
  • Marjorie Madsen 1924–2017
  • Pete Mangum 1931–2000 · American football player

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 Mangum,
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 States482 records

482 records of the Mangum name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 349
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 105
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 11
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Sam Henry Mangum

    Born 1949; from Hitchcock, Texas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam. Buried at 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 Bruce R. Mangum

    Born 1907 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sam Houston; store manager from Atascosa County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Bridget Mangum

    Arrived at Boston in 1849 aboard the Thalia from Galway, aged 25; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 482 records for Mangum 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). 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).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Mangum name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Joseph Mangum

    Listed at Shelburne, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1791.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Jos Mangum

    Listed at Shelburne, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1794.

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

Showing 2 of 3 records for Mangum in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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