The Mickens surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,339 people carried this name — #6,377 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 55,200 people counted. That is up 7% from 4,980 in 2000.

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In print

Mickens in American newspapers,
1903.

Newspaper page from The Daily Telegram carrying the name Mickens
The Daily Telegram 1903-06-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,625 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Mickens,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Glenn Mickens 1930–2019 · baseball player
  • Frank Mickens 1946–2009 · teacher
  • Robert Mickens 1951–2010 · musician
  • Arnold Mickens 1972–2022 · American football player

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

In the public record

People named Mickens,
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 States254 records

254 records of the Mickens name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 126
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 82
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 38
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles H. Mickens

    Born 1918 in Virginia. Enlisted 1945 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; warehouseman. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1957, buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.

    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 Carl Lawrence Mickens

    Born 1944; from Belleville, New Jersey. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1970 in Thua Thien, 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 John Mickens

    Arrived at New York in 1868 aboard the Denmark from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 25; laborer. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 254 records for Mickens 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). 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).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Mickens name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Kind van Hendrik Mickens

    Buried in 1775 in Woensel.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Eindhoven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Teuntgen Mickens

    Buried in 1681 in 's Grevelduin-Capelle.

    Open Archives, Streekarchief Langstraat Heusden Altena (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Mickens name in Australia Tasmanian Names Index
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Thomas Mickens

    Left Hobart in 1830 aboard the Resolution, bound for Sydney.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

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