The Marble surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,796 people carried this name — #5,940 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,000 people counted. That is up 7% from 5,397 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 20 people named Marble.
Those born in France came from 2 départements, most often Finistère.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
64 families named Marble, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 322 people lived in those households, 5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. 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
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
Marble in American newspapers,
1885–1922.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,434 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Marble in Australian newspapers,
1830s–2000s.
6,592 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Marble. The most, 4,164, date from the 1930s.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Marble.
Who carried it
People named Marble,
with a public archive behind them.
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Dan Marble 1810–1849 · actor -
Sebastian Streeter Marble 1817–1902 · lawyer -
Edwin T. Marble 1827–1910 · politician -
Manton Marble 1834–1917 · journalist
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Edward Marble 1846–1900 · actor
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Annie Russell Marble 1864–1936 · essayist
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 Marble,
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 States452 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 181
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 80
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 78
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 75
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 21
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 14
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
- Sacramento County historic burials 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Arnold M. MarbleBorn 1915 in Utah. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Douglas; farm hand from Sevier County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Monroe Cemetery, Utah.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Ann MarbleArrived at Boston in 1847 aboard the Georgia from Liverpool, aged 18; servant. From Ireland.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Howard Lyle MarbleBorn 1930; from Swartz Creek, Michigan. U.S. Marine Corps; killed in action 1950 in Korea.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
Showing 3 of 452 records for Marble in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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, 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) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).
Canada26 records
- Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 24
- Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
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Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Bella MarbleDied 1916 in Heatherton, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Jennie Amelia MarbleDied 1891; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. -
Example: marriage register, 1911 Marriage record Madeline MarbleMarried 1870 in Pictou, Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
Showing 3 of 26 records for Marble 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).
France17 records
- France's national death register, 1970–2001 15
- Loire-Atlantique's First World War dead 2
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Example: roll of the war dead War record Jacques MarbleBorn 1887 in Plonéour-Lanvern; labourer. Died in the First World War on 22 June 1915 at Louvencourt (Somme). Corporal, 65th Infantry Regiment.
Département de Loire-Atlantique, Mémorial virtuel des morts pour la France (Licence Ouverte 2.0) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Jeanne Vincente MarbleBorn 1900 in Saint-Jean-Trolimon; died 1977 in Peumérit (Finistère).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) -
Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Corentin Marie MarbleBorn 1924 in Plobannalec (Finistère); died 1978 in Montpellier (Hérault).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Showing 3 of 17 records for Marble in France.
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte) · Département de Loire-Atlantique, Mémorial virtuel des morts pour la France (Licence Ouverte 2.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0); Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Marble.
- Marano 3,701 · U.S. census
- Marant 136 · U.S. census
- Maras 870 · U.S. census
- Maravilla 5,669 · U.S. census
- Marazzi 181 · U.S. census
- Marbach 675 · U.S. census
- Marby 105 · U.S. census
- Marc 1,456 · U.S. census
- Marca 385 · U.S. census
- Marceau 1,695 · U.S. census
- Marceaux 848 · U.S. census
- Marcel 1,829 · U.S. census
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