The Mendenhall surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,213 people carried this name — #3,499 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 9,988 in 2000.

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In print

Mendenhall in American newspapers,
1913–1929.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Mendenhall
The Washington Times 1925-04-29
Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Mendenhall
The Washington Herald 1913-05-04
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Mendenhall
Evening Star 1929-10-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 70,536 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Mendenhall in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.

69 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mendenhall. The most, 30, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 46
Queensland 9
Victoria 5
ACT (Canberra) 2
Tasmania 2
Northern Territory 1
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Mendenhall,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Mendenhall 1659–1758
  • Benjamin Mendenhall 1662–1740 · politician
  • John Mendenhall 1688–1765
  • Aaron Mendenhall 1690–1765
  • Ann Mendenhall 1703–1789
  • John Mendenhall 1715–1771

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

In the public record

People named Mendenhall,
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 States529 records

529 records of the Mendenhall name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 312
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 143
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 29
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 18
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Clifford L. Mendenhall

    Born 1917 in Ohio. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Hayes Columbus; porter from Delaware County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Dayton National Cemetery, Ohio.

    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 Thomas Deal Mendenhall

    Born 1931; from Phoenix, Arizona. U.S. Army; killed in action 1967 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam. Buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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 Henry Mendenhall

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Servia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 48; manufacturer.

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

Showing 3 of 529 records for Mendenhall 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Mendenhall name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record John W. Mendenhall

    Buried in 1921 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. 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 Worth Mendenhall

    Died in service in 1918.

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

    Died in service in 1945.

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

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Mendenhall name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Anne Louise Mendenhall

    Born 1916 in the United States; died 2000 in Saint-Denis (La Réunion).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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