The Partain surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,737 people carried this name — #8,772 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,667 in 2000.

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In print

Partain in American newspapers,
1920–1930.

Newspaper page from The Abbeville Press And Banner carrying the name Partain
The Abbeville Press And Banner 1920-04-23
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Partain
Evening Star 1922-05-25
Newspaper page from The Indian Leader carrying the name Partain
The Indian Leader 1930-10-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,976 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Partain,
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 States149 records

149 records of the Partain name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 110
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 38
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record James J. Partain

    Born 1924 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Little Rock, Arkansas; mechanic. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at Fayetteville National Cemetery, Arkansas.

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

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Born 1933, died 1999; buried at Andersonville National Cemetery, Georgia.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Margaret R. Partain

    Born 1922 in Teddington, England. Entered the United States at New York in 1946. Listed in the U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 149 records for Partain 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). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

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