The Redmon surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,197 people carried this name — #4,333 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 7,843 in 2000.

Look up another surname

Share

In print

Redmon in American newspapers,
1909–1921.

Newspaper page from Oxford Eagle carrying the name Redmon
Oxford Eagle 1921-03-10
Newspaper page from The Ekalaka Eagle carrying the name Redmon
The Ekalaka Eagle 1909-04-16
Newspaper page from Shoshone Journal carrying the name Redmon
Shoshone Journal 1910-05-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,632 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Redmon in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

197 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Redmon. The most, 73, 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 Queensland, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 69
New South Wales 64
Victoria 35
Western Australia 13
South Australia 9
Tasmania 6
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Redmon,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jessie Redmon Fauset
    Jessie Redmon Fauset 1882–1961 · writer
  • Bogie Redmon 1943–2021 · basketball player
  • David Redmon 1972–2023 · 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 Redmon,
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 States470 records

470 records of the Redmon name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 296
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 115
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 20
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 16
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William J. Redmon

    Born 1918 in Georgia. Enlisted 1941 at Fort McPherson Atlanta; farm hand from Jackson County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1965, buried at Barrancas National Cemetery, Florida.

    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 Larry Ray Redmon

    Born 1947; from Salvisa, Kentucky. U.S. Army, chemical operations specialist; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    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 Ann Redmon

    Arrived at New York in 1873 aboard the Abyssinia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 18; servant. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 470 records for Redmon 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Redmon name in Canada
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Redmon

    Came to Ontario in 1870 aboard the Nestorian, landing at Quebec, bound for Hamilton, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record William T. Redmon

    Married 1887 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 2 of 3 records for Redmon in Canada.

Counts: Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

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

    In the population register of Stratum; born 1893 in Birkenhead (Eng.).

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Eindhoven (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).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Redmon.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Redmon is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

See the Redmon volume
Scroll to Top