The Marcum surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 16,246 people carried this name — #2,244 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 18,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 15,925 in 2000.

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In print

Marcum in American newspapers,
1902–1916.

Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard carrying the name Marcum
The Ogden Standard 1916-10-21
Newspaper page from The Billings Gazette carrying the name Marcum
The Billings Gazette 1902-11-14
Newspaper page from Times-promoter carrying the name Marcum
Times-promoter 1902-11-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,700 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Marcum in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1950s.

49 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Marcum. The most, 28, date from the 1900s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 15
Queensland 11
Victoria 7
South Australia 6
Tasmania 4
Western Australia 3

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

Who carried it

People named Marcum,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johnny Marcum
    Johnny Marcum 1909–1984 · baseball player
  • John Marcum 1913–1981 · NASCAR team owner
  • John A. Marcum 1927–2013 · professor
  • Leo Marcum 1942–2023 · politician
  • Tim Marcum 1945–2013 · American football player
  • Diana Marcum 1963–2023 · writer

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 Marcum,
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 States622 records

622 records of the Marcum name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 493
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 103
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 9
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John W. Marcum

    Born 1922 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1942 at Little Rock; inspector from Yell County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Sandlin Cemetery, Ola, Arkansas.

    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 Walter Vernon Marcum

    Born 1947; from Louisville, Kentucky. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; killed in action 1970 in Kontum, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Michael Marcum

    Arrived at New York in 1873 aboard the Wisconsin from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 20; laborer. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 622 records for Marcum in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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