The Pressley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 13,281 people carried this name — #2,713 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 22,200 people counted. That is up 9% from 12,182 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Pressley surname

A variant of Presley.

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

In print

Pressley in American newspapers,
1902–1924.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Pressley
Evening Star 1924-06-22
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Pressley
The Washington Times 1924-06-23
Newspaper page from The Butte Inter Mountain carrying the name Pressley
The Butte Inter Mountain 1902-12-12

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

In print

Pressley in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1970s.

775 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Pressley. The most, 128, date from the 1910s. 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 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 406
Victoria 163
Queensland 95
South Australia 55
Western Australia 33
Tasmania 11
ACT (Canberra) 7
Northern Territory 4

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

Who carried it

People named Pressley,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John G. Pressley
    John G. Pressley 1833–1895 · military officer
  • Hilda Nickson 1912–1977 · writer
  • Hilda Nickson 1912–1977 · writer
  • G. Michael Pressley 1951–2006 · educational psychologist
  • Dominic Pressley 1964–1997 · basketball 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 Pressley,
in the records of 5 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 States519 records

519 records of the Pressley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 337
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 115
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 17
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 13
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 13
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 11
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record William R. Pressley

    Born 1932; from Chester County, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in South Korea. Buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John D. Pressley

    Born 1914 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Myer, Virginia; bellman. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at St Mary's Meth Church Cemetery, Kingstree, South Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Janet Pressley

    Arrived at New York in 1864 aboard the Escort from Liverpool, aged 16; factor. From Scotland; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 519 records for Pressley 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia39 records

39 records of the Pressley name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 33
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 4
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Simon Pressley

    Arrived in Queensland in 1863 aboard the Rockhampton, aged 22.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Joyce Florence Pressley

    Divorcee of Croydon, Victoria; died 1981.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record James Pressley

    Selected land at Cairns, Queensland in 1911.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 39 records for Pressley in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Pressley name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 4
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Grace Norwood Pressley

    Died 1952 in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. 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 Bertram Morris Pressley

    Died in service in 1916.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record W. J. Pressley

    Buried in 1928 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Showing 3 of 6 records for Pressley in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Pressley name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record F. J. Pressley

    Royal Fusiliers. 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). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Pressley name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register John McKenzie Pressley

    In a population register.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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