The Riggle surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,047 people carried this name — #8,201 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,918 in 2000.

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In print

Riggle in American newspapers,
1903–1911.

Newspaper page from Carrizozo News carrying the name Riggle
Carrizozo News 1911-07-21
Newspaper page from The Caldwell Tribune carrying the name Riggle
The Caldwell Tribune 1903-02-28
Newspaper page from Idaho County Free Press carrying the name Riggle
Idaho County Free Press 1905-03-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,663 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Riggle,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Herbert Mcclellan Riggle 1872–1952 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Riggle,
in the records of 2 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 States224 records

224 records of the Riggle name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 162
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 52
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Mark Anthony Riggle

    Born 1947; from Mishawaka, Indiana. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; died of wounds 1967 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola, Indiana.

    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 Kermit K. Riggle

    Born 1920 in Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Roanoke; store manager from Pulaski County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at West End Cemetery, Wytheville, Virginia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Arthur Edwin Riggle

    U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. Born 1895, died 1955; buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 224 records for Riggle 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Riggle name in Australia Tasmanian Names Index
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Richard Riggle

    Left Launceston in 1850 aboard the Sydney Griffiths, bound for London.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

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