The Pinkham surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,706 people carried this name — #8,841 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 79,400 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (3,705).

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

58 families named Pinkham, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 330 people lived in those households, 5.7 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Maine 18
New Hampshire 18
Massachusetts 17
North Carolina 3
Vermont 1
New York 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 257 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Pinkham in American newspapers,
1892–1905.

Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Pinkham
New-york Tribune 1892-05-07
Newspaper page from The Wisconsin Weekly Advocate carrying the name Pinkham
The Wisconsin Weekly Advocate 1905-12-07
Newspaper page from The Wichita Searchlight carrying the name Pinkham
The Wichita Searchlight 1905-12-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Pinkham in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

290 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Pinkham. The most, 76, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 103
New South Wales 71
South Australia 41
Queensland 40
Western Australia 19
Tasmania 11
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Pinkham,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lydia Pinkham
    Lydia Pinkham 1819–1883 · businessperson
  • Cyprian Pinkham
    Cyprian Pinkham 1844–1928 · Anglican priest
  • Lucius E. Pinkham
    Lucius E. Pinkham 1850–1922 · civil servant
  • Eunice Jenkins 1736–
  • Anna Pinkham 1759–1833
  • Ed Pinkham 1846–1906 · baseball player

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Pinkham,
in the records of 6 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 States412 records

412 records of the Pinkham name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 157
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 107
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 82
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 27
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 21
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 13
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Henry F. Pinkham

    Born 1920 in Maine. Enlisted 1944 at Portland; clerk from Suffolk County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1976, buried at Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.

    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 Joseph L. Pinkham

    Born 1930; from Norfolk, Virginia. U.S. Army, heavy weapons infantryman; 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 Larens Pinkham

    Arrived at Boston in 1847 aboard the Oneco from Halifax, aged 41; priest. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 412 records for Pinkham in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada65 records

65 records of the Pinkham name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 52
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 7
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Margaret Pinkham

    Buried in 1978 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 93.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Adam Pinkham

    Died 1924 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. 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 Charles Wesley Pinkham

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 65 records for Pinkham in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia26 records

26 records of the Pinkham name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 18
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 8
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Harold Clarence Frederick Pinkham

    Confectioner of Alphington, Victoria; died 1962.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henry Pinkham

    Sailed from Victoria in 1866 aboard the Alhambra, bound for Hokitika, aged 21.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Henry E. Pinkham

    Builder of Northcote, Victoria; died 1954.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 26 records for Pinkham in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the Pinkham name in New Zealand
  • Marlborough District cemetery records 1
  • Waimakariri District cemetery records, Canterbury 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Richard Arthur Pinkham

    Died 1996, aged 76; buried at Picton Cemetery, Marlborough.

    Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Kathryn Louise Pinkham

    Died 1985; ashes interred at Kaiapoi Public Cemetery, Canterbury.

    Waimakariri District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0) · Waimakariri District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Pinkham name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  • Welsh wills index cards 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Elisa Emilie Pinkham

    Will proved in 1936; of Mumbles.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record S. Pinkham

    Welsh Guards. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

France2 records

2 records of the Pinkham name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Charles Leonard Pinkham

    Born 1912 in Pessac; died 1992 in Bordeaux (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Bertrand Pinkham

    Born 1911 in Bordeaux; died 1986 in Bordeaux (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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