The Roberson surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 56,180 people carried this name — #605 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 5,250 people counted. That is up 6% from 53,198 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Roberson surname

A surname originating as a patronymic.

From Robert + -son.

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

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Robert’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 649 · public domain.

In print

Roberson in American newspapers,
1914–1915.

Newspaper page from The Canon City Record With Which Is Consolidated The Canon City Cannon carrying the name Roberson
The Canon City Record With Which Is Consolidated The Canon City Cannon 1914-02-26
Newspaper page from The Canon City Record With Which Is Consolidated The Canon City Cannon carrying the name Roberson
The Canon City Record With Which Is Consolidated The Canon City Cannon 1915-03-04
Newspaper page from The Daily Sentinel carrying the name Roberson
The Daily Sentinel 1914-03-02

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

In print

Roberson in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

1,855 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Roberson. The most, 378, 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 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 970
Queensland 425
Victoria 255
South Australia 72
Western Australia 68
ACT (Canberra) 33
Tasmania 27

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

Who carried it

People named Roberson,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Chuck Roberson
    Chuck Roberson 1919–1988 · actor
  • Benjamin Roberson 1832–1874 · cricketer
  • Francis Jefferson Roberson 1862–1944 · architect
  • Francis Rassieur Roberson 1898–1979 · architect
  • Lake Roberson 1918–1984 · American football player
  • Robert E. Roberson 1923–1988 · military flight engineer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Roberson,
in the records of 6 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 States2,716 records

2,716 records of the Roberson name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 1,694
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 718
  • Other U.S. records 304
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lewe F. Roberson

    Born 1925 in Alabama. Enlisted 1943 at Fort McClellan; sales clerk. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 2001, buried at Florida National Cemetery, Florida.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1863 aboard the Ontario from Liverpool, aged 18; servant. From Ireland; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record John Tarry Roberson

    Born 1945; from Greenville, Florida. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Dinh Tuong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 2,716 records for Roberson 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands76 records

76 records of the Roberson name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 35
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 33
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 8
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Maria Roberson

    Born 1909 in Oud en Nieuw Gastel. Married in 1926 in Oud en Nieuw Gastel.

    Open Archives, Brabants Historisch Informatie Centrum (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Aaltje Roberson

    Died 1863 in Den Andel (Baflo), aged 52; day labourer.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Jan Roberson

    Buried in 1792 in Bergen op Zoom.

    Open Archives, West Brabants Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 76 records for Roberson in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Australia48 records

48 records of the Roberson name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 19
  • Tasmanian Names Index 11
  • Other Australian records 18
  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 Charles Roberson

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Dick, arriving 1821.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jane Roberson

    Arrived in Queensland in 1882 aboard the Duke of Athole, aged 19.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record James Clement Roberson

    Retired mfarmer of Kerang, Victoria; died 1993.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 48 records for Roberson in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0). 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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada11 records

11 records of the Roberson name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 9
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Gene Roberson

    Died 1943 in Digby, 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 Edward George Lewis Roberson

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Joseph Roberson

    Married 1880 in Guysborough, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 11 records for Roberson 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. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. 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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Roberson 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 J. B. Roberson

    Corporal, She Warwickshire 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 E. Roberson

    Sapper. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Roberson in the United Kingdom.

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).

France2 records

2 records of the Roberson 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 Maurice Roberson

    Born 1898 in Paris; died 1989 in Paris.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean Marie Roberson

    Born 1932 in Madagascar; died 2000 in Yssingeaux (Haute-Loire).

    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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