The Parmer surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,029 people carried this name — #6,716 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,800 people counted. That is up 7% from 4,680 in 2000.

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In print

Parmer in American newspapers,
1850–1928.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Parmer
Evening Star 1928-06-09
Newspaper page from Arkansas State Gazette And Democrat carrying the name Parmer
Arkansas State Gazette And Democrat 1850-12-27
Newspaper page from Washington Standard carrying the name Parmer
Washington Standard 1918-11-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 66,063 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Parmer in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.

2,374 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Parmer. The most, 535, 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 Queensland, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 924
Victoria 540
New South Wales 375
South Australia 373
Western Australia 137
Tasmania 23
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Parmer,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jim Parmer
    Jim Parmer 1927–2005 · American football player
  • Martin Parmer 1778–1850 · politician
  • Vidar Parmer 1924–1991 · jurist
  • Jess Norman Parmer 1925– · writer
  • Hugh Parmer 1939–2020 · lawyer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Parmer,
in the records of 4 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 States224 records

224 records of the Parmer name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 132
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 35
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 23
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 21
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Woodrow W. Parmer

    Born 1917 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1945 at Harrisburg; driver from Franklin County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Rocky Gap Veterans Cemetery, Flintstone, 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 David L. Parmer

    Born 1930; from Muscogee County, Georgia. U.S. Army, field communications chief; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    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 Marie Parmer

    Arrived at New York in 1854 aboard the Plymouth from Havre, aged 20; farmer. From Germany.

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

Showing 3 of 224 records for Parmer 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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, 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).

Australia15 records

15 records of the Parmer name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 9
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Geo Parmer

    Arrived in Victoria in 1861 as an assisted immigrant aboard the Ascendant, aged 31.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Ellen Alice Parmer

    Married 1891 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 22.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Edward Parmer

    Selected land at Gladstone, Queensland in 1898.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 15 records for Parmer in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada7 records

7 records of the Parmer name in Canada
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 4
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record John Parmer

    Buried in 1989 at Fairview Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  2. 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 Ellis Wray Parmer

    Died in service in 1945.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record John Parmer

    Listed at Wentworth, Cumberland, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1827.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 7 records for Parmer in Canada.

Counts: City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · 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: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands2 records

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

    Married in 1673 in Rotterdam.

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

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1826 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (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); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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