The Myrick surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,236 people carried this name — #2,720 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 12,896 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Myrick surname
Variant of Merrick.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Myrick» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
In 1790, Myrick was counted together with Merrick: 143 families in all.
Each family is counted by its head. About 802 people lived in those households, 5.6 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Merrick, Merack, Meragh, Merick, Merricks, Merrik, Mirach, Mireck, Mirich, Mirick, Miriek, Mirrick, Myrick. 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
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
Myrick in American newspapers,
1910–1924.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 34,911 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Myrick in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.
311 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Myrick. The most, 135, 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 Victoria, at 1.6 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Myrick.
Who carried it
People named Myrick,
with a public archive behind them.
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Milton H. Myrick 1826–1907 · judge -
Herbert Myrick 1860–1927 · writer -
Susan Dowdell Myrick 1893–1978 · writer -
Mary Coleman 1731–1815
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Hannah Myrick 1732–1813
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Eliza Myrick 1790–1877
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 Myrick,
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 States788 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 471
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 182
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 72
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 38
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
- Sacramento County historic burials 2
- Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Clayton E. MyrickBorn 1913 in Texas. Enlisted 1943 at Abilene; aircraft worker from Mc Culloch County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Bethel Cemetery, Brady, Texas.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record George Franklin MyrickBorn 1945; from Los Angeles, California. U.S. Navy, hospital corpsman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record James MyrickArrived at New York in 1863 aboard the Ontario from Liverpool, aged 21; traveler. From England; bound for New York.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 788 records for Myrick 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) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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).
Canada25 records
- Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 22
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
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Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Ida Frances MyrickDied 1972 in Sandy Point, Shelburne, Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. -
Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917 War record John MyrickDied in service in 1915.
Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. -
Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Arethia May MyrickDied 1925 in Shelburne, Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
Showing 3 of 25 records for Myrick in Canada.
Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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).
Australia7 records
- Tasmanian Names Index 4
- Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Michael MyrickRailway employee of Woodend, Victoria; died 1898.
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Example: German emigration file, 1883 Emigration record Charles MyrickLeft Hobart in 1827 aboard the Bolivar, bound for Valparaiso, as master.
Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Wm MyrickSailed from Victoria in 1852 aboard the Merope, bound for Adelaide, aged 33.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 7 records for Myrick in Australia.
Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · 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); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
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