The Mickle surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,141 people carried this name — #7,983 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,400 people counted. That is up 12% from 3,702 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, Mickle was counted together with Michael: 132 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 782 people lived in those households, 5.9 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Michael, Micael, Mical, Michaels, Michal, Michall, Michals, Michel, Michell, Michill, Michl, Michˡ, Michle, Mickel, Mickell, Mickle, Mickles, Mihael, Mikell. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Pennsylvania 57
North Carolina 22
South Carolina 16
Maryland 12
New York 11
Virginia 5
Maine 4
Massachusetts 4
Vermont 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 253 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Mickle in American newspapers,
1912.

Newspaper page from East Oregonian : E.o carrying the name Mickle
East Oregonian : E.o 1912-04-20
Newspaper page from East Oregonian : E.o carrying the name Mickle
East Oregonian : E.o 1912-11-06
Newspaper page from East Oregonian : E.o carrying the name Mickle
East Oregonian : E.o 1912-11-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 26,598 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Mickle in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

7,667 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mickle. The most, 2,621, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 6.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 4,515
Victoria 1,856
Queensland 735
New South Wales 325
South Australia 130
Tasmania 91
ACT (Canberra) 10
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Mickle,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Andrew Hutchins Mickle
    Andrew Hutchins Mickle 1805–1863 · politician
  • Alan D. Mickle d. 1969 · poet
  • Charles Mickle 1849–1919 · politician
  • Gerald St. C. Mickle 1899–1972
  • Robert Mickle 1925–2009
  • Stephan P. Mickle 1944–2021 · judge

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 Mickle,
in the records of 6 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 States364 records

364 records of the Mickle name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 136
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 58
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 58
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 49
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 31
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 19
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • 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 Christopher B. Mickle

    Born 1920 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Baltimore, Maryland; painter. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery, Owings Mills, Maryland.

    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 Moses Mickle

    Born 1933; from Columbia, South Carolina. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Binh Dinh, 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 Mary-Jane Mickle

    Arrived at New York in 1848 aboard the Oxford from Liverpool, aged 16; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 364 records for Mickle in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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).

Australia115 records

115 records of the Mickle name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 74
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 27
  • Tasmanian Names Index 9
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  1. 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 Catherine Mickle

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Gilbert Henderson, sailing from London in 1839. Native of Ayr, Ayrshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Margaret Mickle

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the Kent, aged 30; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Arthur W. T. Mickle

    Medical practitioner of New Zealand; died 1939.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 115 records for Mickle 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) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada24 records

24 records of the Mickle name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 20
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Peter Mickle

    Came to Ontario in 1866, landing at Quebec, bound for Stratford, Ontario; German.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Francis Mickle

    Died 1920 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 Walter Preston Mickle

    Died in service in 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 24 records for Mickle in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · 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. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); 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).

New Zealand3 records

3 records of the Mickle name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Abigail Meredith Mickle

    Died 1936, aged 86; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Adam Frederick John Mickle

    Died 1935, aged 87; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Mickle in New Zealand.

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

Netherlands3 records

3 records of the Mickle name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 2
  • Dutch population registers 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record John Mickle

    Married in 1694 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Archibald Mickle

    Baptised in 1759 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Jenny Mickle

    In a population register.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Mickle name in the United Kingdom Scottish rolls of honour, First World War
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record Adam Frederick John Mickle

    Born 1847 at Kirby Wiske. Served in the First World War. Named in the University of Aberdeen roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919.

    National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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