The Messick surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,441 people carried this name — #5,404 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,900 people counted. That is up 1% from 6,349 in 2000.

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In print

Messick in American newspapers,
1922.

Newspaper page from The Natchitoches Enterprise carrying the name Messick
The Natchitoches Enterprise 1922-03-16
Newspaper page from The Natchitoches Enterprise carrying the name Messick
The Natchitoches Enterprise 1922-08-10
Newspaper page from The Natchitoches Enterprise carrying the name Messick
The Natchitoches Enterprise 1922-08-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,616 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Messick,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ben Messick 1901–1981 · artist
  • Dale Messick 1906–2005 · cartoonist
  • Ruth Messick 1923–2017
  • Don Messick 1926–1997 · voice actor
  • Samuel Messick 1931–1998 · psychologist
  • Brinkley Messick 1946–2025 · university teacher

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Messick,
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 States367 records

367 records of the Messick name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 234
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 76
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 24
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 18
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Howard A. Messick

    Born 1909 in Utah. Enlisted 1943 at Pocatello, Idaho; manager from Bannock County, Idaho. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1974, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    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 Charles G. Messick

    Born 1931; from New Castle County, Delaware. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    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 Peter Messick

    Arrived at New York in 1875 aboard the Adriatic from Liverpool, aged 49; traveler. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 367 records for Messick 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, 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); 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).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Messick name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. 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 Joseph Everett Messick

    Died in service in 1941.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Nehemiah Messick

    Married 1869 in Granville, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

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

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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