The Pinkston surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,291 people carried this name — #4,292 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 35,600 people counted. That is up 5% from 7,871 in 2000.
In print
Pinkston in American newspapers,
1876–1899.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,708 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Pinkston in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.
187 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Pinkston. The most, 35, date from the 1870s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.2 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Pinkston.
Who carried it
People named Pinkston,
with a public archive behind them.
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Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston 1903–1989 · athlete -
Clarence Pinkston 1900–1961 · athlete
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James Pinkston 1902– · painter
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Pinkston,
in the records of 3 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 States407 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 265
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 120
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Malcolm E. PinkstonBorn 1920 in Indiana. Enlisted 1942 at Evansville; construction worker from Sullivan County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Merom Cemetery, Sullivan, Indiana.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record Robert Gene PinkstonBorn 1933; from Bloomington, Illinois. U.S. Army, utility helicopter repairer; killed in action 1968 in Darlac, South Vietnam.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record John PinkstonArrived at Boston in 1850 aboard the Robert C. Winthrop from Liverpool, aged 27; laborer. From England.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 407 records for Pinkston 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Canada8 records
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Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Adam PinkstonDied 1960 in Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. -
Example: civil register, 1880 Birth record Adam Cediral PinkstonBorn 1924 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. -
Example: marriage register, 1911 Marriage record Adam PinkstonMarried 1909 in Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
Showing 3 of 8 records for Pinkston in Canada.
Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).
Australia2 records
- NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
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Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829 Transportation record Charles PinkstonTransported to New South Wales aboard the Prince of Orange, arriving 1821; certificate of freedom 1827.
Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
Showing 1 of 2 records for Pinkston in Australia.
Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Pinkston.
- Pinhas 123 · U.S. census
- Pinheiro 2,445 · U.S. census
- Pini 612 · U.S. census
- Pink 2,578 · U.S. census
- Pinkerton 8,446 · U.S. census
- Pinkney 6,378 · U.S. census
- Pinna 245 · U.S. census
- Pino 10,993 · U.S. census
- Pinol 113 · U.S. census
- Pinon 6,938 · U.S. census
- Pinos 596 · U.S. census
- Pinotti 209 · U.S. census
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