The Rackley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,488 people carried this name — #6,229 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,800 people counted. That is up 5% from 5,206 in 2000.

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In print

Rackley in American newspapers,
1906–1927.

Newspaper page from The Arkansas Farmer carrying the name Rackley
The Arkansas Farmer 1927-03-10
Newspaper page from Barbour County Index carrying the name Rackley
Barbour County Index 1910-11-02
Newspaper page from The Beatrice Daily Express carrying the name Rackley
The Beatrice Daily Express 1906-02-08

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,754 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Rackley in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1970s.

1,120 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rackley. The most, 294, 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 Queensland, at 4.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 999
New South Wales 62
Western Australia 20
Victoria 16
South Australia 13
ACT (Canberra) 4
Tasmania 2
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Rackley,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mildred Rackley
    Mildred Rackley 1906–1992 · painter
  • Les Rackley 1929–2021 · boxing trainer
  • Luther Rackley 1946–2017 · teacher
  • Alex Rackley 1950–1969

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 Rackley,
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 States221 records

221 records of the Rackley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 157
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 51
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ashie E. Rackley

    Born 1899 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bragg; sawmill worker from Pender County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1970, buried at Wilmington National Cemetery, North Carolina.

    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 Irvin A. Rackley

    Born 1932; from Clackamas County, Oregon. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; died of wounds 1951 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 George Rackley

    Arrived at New York in 1881 aboard the Baltic from Liverpool, aged 21; laborer. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 221 records for Rackley 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia38 records

38 records of the Rackley name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 17
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 11
  • Tasmanian Names Index 7
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 2
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Rackley

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Ratcliffe, sailing from Spithead in 1848. Native of King's Stanley, Gloucestershire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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 Florence Rackley

    Arrived in Queensland in 1877 aboard the Woodlark, aged 4.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record W. E. Rackley

    Of Croydon, New South Wales; died 1915.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 38 records for Rackley in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Rackley 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 A. Rackley

    Royal Berkshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. H. Rackley

    Gunner, Uth Staffordshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record M. Rackley

    Leinster Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Rackley name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. 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 William Rackley

    Died in service in 1915.

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

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Rackley 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 Sydney Rackley

    Born 1918 in the United Kingdom; died 1992 in Aix-en-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    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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