The Scribner surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,558 people carried this name — #5,311 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 6,384 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

44 Scribner families were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 261 people lived in those households, 5.9 to a family on average. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Connecticut 13
New York 10
Maine 9
New Hampshire 9
Massachusetts 2
Vermont 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 260 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Scribner in American newspapers,
1887–1926.

Newspaper page from The Republican carrying the name Scribner
The Republican 1903-12-24
Newspaper page from Springfield Daily Republic carrying the name Scribner
Springfield Daily Republic 1887-12-23
Newspaper page from The Key West Citizen carrying the name Scribner
The Key West Citizen 1926-08-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 140,650 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Scribner in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

950 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Scribner. The most, 204, date from the 1920s. 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 2.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 850
Queensland 28
Victoria 26
Tasmania 18
South Australia 11
Western Australia 10
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Scribner,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mary Eliza Scribner Mead
    Mary Eliza Scribner Mead 1822–1897
  • George Franklin Scribner
    George Franklin Scribner 1830–1895 · politician
  • Gilbert Hilton Scribner
    Gilbert Hilton Scribner 1831–1910 · lawyer
  • Wiley Scribner
    Wiley Scribner 1840–1889 · politician
  • Benjamin Franklin Scribner 1806–1890
  • Matilda Scribner 1809–1898

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 Scribner,
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 States525 records

525 records of the Scribner name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 201
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 102
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 96
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 67
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 38
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 17
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 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 Irving D. Scribner

    Born 1899 in Maine. Enlisted 1942 at Portland; sawmill worker from Cumberland County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1986, buried at Maine Veterans' Memorial Cemetery, Augusta, Maine.

    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 Gary David Scribner

    Born 1947; from Memphis, Michigan. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; 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 Julia Scribner

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Servia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 52; matron.

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

Showing 3 of 525 records for Scribner 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). 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).

Canada16 records

16 records of the Scribner name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 7
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 4
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Aaron Thomas Scribner

    Died 1949; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Maynard Scribner

    Died 1968 in New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia.

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

    Died in service in 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 16 records for Scribner in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. 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); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Scribner name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Emma Scribner

    Sailed from Victoria in 1866 aboard the Great Britain, bound for Liverpool, aged 25.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mona Scribner

    Of Haberfield, New South Wales; died 1920.

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

Showing 2 of 4 records for Scribner in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Scribner 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 E. T. Scribner

    Bombardier, Royal Field Artillery. 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).

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