The Pendley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,203 people carried this name — #7,874 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,400 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,168 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Pendley surname

Possibly a habitational surname from a now lost or unidentified place.

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

In print

Pendley in American newspapers,
1917–1918.

Newspaper page from Stone County Enterprise carrying the name Pendley
Stone County Enterprise 1917-06-30
Newspaper page from Stone County Enterprise carrying the name Pendley
Stone County Enterprise 1918-01-12
Newspaper page from Stone County Enterprise carrying the name Pendley
Stone County Enterprise 1917-01-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,563 pages in all carry the name.

In the public record

People named Pendley,
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 States199 records

199 records of the Pendley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 144
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 48
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Amos A. Pendley

    Born 1919 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Tyler; farm hand from Red River County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Pruitt Lake Cemetery, Linden, Texas.

    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 Billy Pendley

    Born 1933; from Mitchell County, North Carolina. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 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 Soloman M. Pendley

    U.S. Army veteran of the Civil War. Born 1844, died 1905; buried at Weogufkee Cemetery, Hanna, Oklahoma.

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

Showing 3 of 199 records for Pendley 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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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