The Pelfrey surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,136 people carried this name — #7,997 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,400 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,008 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Pelfrey surname

Variant of Palfrey.

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

In print

Pelfrey in American newspapers,
1902–1913.

Newspaper page from Grant County Herald carrying the name Pelfrey
Grant County Herald 1902-04-10
Newspaper page from The Providence News carrying the name Pelfrey
The Providence News 1902-03-10
Newspaper page from The Golden Age carrying the name Pelfrey
The Golden Age 1913-08-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 500 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Pelfrey,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ray Pelfrey
    Ray Pelfrey 1928–2017 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Pelfrey,
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 States131 records

131 records of the Pelfrey name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 102
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 23
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • 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 A. Pelfrey

    Born 1897 in Georgia. Enlisted 1942 at Sacramento, California; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1960, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    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 Lewis J. Pelfrey

    Born 1931; from Oconee County, South Carolina. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; killed in action 1952 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record James J. Pelfrey

    Confederate Army veteran. Born 1842, died 1930; buried at Maxie Cemetery, Hazard, Kentucky.

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

Showing 3 of 131 records for Pelfrey 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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