The Marrs surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,658 people carried this name — #6,063 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,100 people counted. That is down 1% from 5,740 in 2000.

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In print

Marrs in American newspapers,
1911–1915.

Newspaper page from The Ogden Standard carrying the name Marrs
The Ogden Standard 1915-12-13
Newspaper page from The Telegraph-courier carrying the name Marrs
The Telegraph-courier 1911-10-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 160,968 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Marrs in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1980s.

734 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Marrs. The most, 153, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 310
Victoria 167
Queensland 93
Western Australia 66
South Australia 45
Tasmania 41
Northern Territory 3
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Marrs,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Elijah P. Marrs
    Elijah P. Marrs 1840–1910 · teacher
  • Patricia Stewart 1934–2011 · beauty pageant contestant
  • Jim Marrs 1943–2017 · writer
  • Tim Marrs 1945–2025 · toxicologist

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 Marrs,
in the records of 5 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 States301 records

301 records of the Marrs name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 171
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 73
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 15
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 14
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 10
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Benjamin E. Marrs

    Born 1915 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma; filling station attendant from Cottle County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at New Pickton Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Ronald Wayne Marrs

    Born 1948; from Lancaster, Texas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tin, 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 James Marrs

    Arrived at New York in 1890 aboard the Chester from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 38; shoemaker. From Johnstown, England; bound for Boston.

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

Showing 3 of 301 records for Marrs 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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); 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).

Australia57 records

57 records of the Marrs name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 25
  • Tasmanian Names Index 14
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 9
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 6
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 2
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Mary Marrs

    Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1846. Married 1846 in Hobart, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record William Marrs

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Asia, arriving 1822; ticket of leave 1839.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Marrs

    Arrived in Queensland in 1888 aboard the Jumna, aged 22.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 57 records for Marrs in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada18 records

18 records of the Marrs name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 7
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Thomas Marrs

    Died 1951; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Alfred Marrs

    Died 1972 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record James John Marrs

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 18 records for Marrs in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Marrs name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  • Welsh wills index cards 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Magaret Jane Marrs

    Will proved in 1939; of Ellsmere Port, Chester.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Marrs

    Cheshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Marrs

    Lance Corporal, Northumberland Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Belgium1 record

1 record of the Marrs name in Belgium Belgian civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Grâce Marrs

    Died 1881 in Kortijk.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Kortrijk (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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