The Oxendine surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,139 people carried this name — #4,930 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 41,300 people counted. That is up 8% from 6,587 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Oxendine surname

Habitational surname from any of various places in England called Oxendean or Oxenden; this surname is characteristic of the Tuscarora and Lumbee native american tribes, but it is also associated with the Pedee people and the Turks of South Carolina.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Oxendine» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Oxendine in American newspapers,
1901–1921.

Newspaper page from The St. Louis Republic carrying the name Oxendine
The St. Louis Republic 1901-04-15
Newspaper page from The Age-herald carrying the name Oxendine
The Age-herald 1901-03-24
Newspaper page from Mansfield Mirror carrying the name Oxendine
Mansfield Mirror 1921-02-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 653 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Oxendine,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Loretta Oxendine 1939–2024
  • Lloyd E. Oxendine 1942–2015 · artist

Wikidata (CC0) · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Oxendine,
in the records of the United States.

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 States158 records

158 records of the Oxendine name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 132
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 16
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Willie F. Oxendine

    Born 1947; from Fairmont, North Carolina. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Conrad Oxendine

    Born 1917 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jackson Columbia, South Carolina; secondary school teacher. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Cherokee Chapel 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 David Vern Oxendine

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Born 1955, died 2000; buried at New Harmony Cemetery, Terre Haute, Indiana.

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

Showing 3 of 158 records for Oxendine 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). 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).

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