The Quillen surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,989 people carried this name — #5,783 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 5,627 in 2000.

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In print

Quillen in American newspapers,
1914–1923.

Newspaper page from The Vidette carrying the name Quillen
The Vidette 1923-03-29
Newspaper page from The Liberal Democrat carrying the name Quillen
The Liberal Democrat 1914-07-03

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

In print

Quillen in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1990s.

489 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Quillen. The most, 152, date from the 1930s. 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 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 309
Victoria 58
Queensland 55
Western Australia 46
South Australia 8
ACT (Canberra) 6
Tasmania 5
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Quillen,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jimmy Quillen
    Jimmy Quillen 1916–2003 · politician
  • Ford C. Quillen
    Ford C. Quillen 1938–2026 · politician
  • Isaac James Quillen 1909–1967
  • Jim Quillen 1919–1998
  • Daniel Quillen 1940–2011 · mathematician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named Quillen,
in the records of 4 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 States308 records

308 records of the Quillen name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 185
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 55
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 35
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 15
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record John Edward Quillen

    Born 1949; from Islip, New York. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Arthur L. R. Quillen

    Born 1922 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; farm hand from Lewis County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Skelton Cemetery, Hohenwald, Tennessee.

    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 Catherine Quillen

    Arrived at New York in 1884 aboard the England from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 19; servant. From England; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 308 records for Quillen 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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).

Canada11 records

11 records of the Quillen name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 10
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Catherine Quillen

    Buried in 1898 at Fairview Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Norah Elizabeth Quillen

    Died 1969 in Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mathew Quillen

    Died 1938 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 11 records for Quillen in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. 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).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Quillen name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Joseph Quillen

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Marlborough, aged 26; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (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).

France1 record

1 record of the Quillen 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 Louise Jeanne Quillen

    Born 1918 in Paris; died 1973 in Corbeil-Essonnes (Essonne).

    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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