The Mize surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,908 people carried this name — #3,008 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,800 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (11,873).

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In print

Mize in American newspapers,
1910–1921.

Newspaper page from The Farmer And Mechanic carrying the name Mize
The Farmer And Mechanic 1910-04-19
Newspaper page from The Lynden Tribune carrying the name Mize
The Lynden Tribune 1918-08-15
Newspaper page from The Frontier carrying the name Mize
The Frontier 1921-06-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 65,902 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Mize in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1950s.

26 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Mize. The most, 8, date from the 1890s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 11
Queensland 7
Victoria 6
South Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Mize,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Johnny Mize
    Johnny Mize 1913–1993 · baseball player
  • Chester L. Mize
    Chester L. Mize 1917–1994 · politician
  • Ola L. Mize
    Ola L. Mize 1931–2014 · military personnel
  • Sidney Carr Mize 1888–1965 · lawyer
  • Henry H. Mize 1911–1971 · investigator

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 Mize,
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 States585 records

585 records of the Mize name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 432
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 129
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Ramsey County (Minnesota) Memorial Hall, war dead 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Wesley Mize

    Born 1946; from Palm Beach, Florida. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam. Buried at Florida National Cemetery, Florida.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert L. Mize

    Born 1920 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Croft, South Carolina; route man. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Salisbury National Cemetery, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record James Mize

    U.S. Army veteran of the Civil War. Born 1837, died 1927; buried at Mount Zion Cemetery, Monroe City, Indiana.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 585 records for Mize 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Ramsey County, Minnesota (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Mize name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Cornelis Mize

    Married in 1733 in Enkhuizen.

    Open Archives, Westfries Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Helena Everdina Johanna Mizé

    Born 1849 in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (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).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Mize name in Australia Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Roy Thompson Mize

    Of Torquay, Victoria; died 1995.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

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