The Sisk surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,365 people carried this name — #2,901 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,900 people counted. That is up 1% from 12,191 in 2000.

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In print

Sisk in American newspapers,
1918.

Newspaper page from Washington Standard carrying the name Sisk
Washington Standard 1918-11-01
Newspaper page from Washington Standard carrying the name Sisk
Washington Standard 1918-10-25
Newspaper page from Washington Standard carrying the name Sisk
Washington Standard 1918-12-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 32,458 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Sisk in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

280 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sisk. The most, 62, 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 New South Wales, at 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 190
Victoria 58
South Australia 9
Queensland 7
ACT (Canberra) 6
Tasmania 5
Western Australia 5

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

Who carried it

People named Sisk,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mildred Gillars
    Mildred Gillars 1900–1988 · journalist
  • Mildred Gillars
    Mildred Gillars 1900–1988 · journalist
  • B. F. Sisk
    B. F. Sisk 1910–1995 · politician
  • Thomas Sisk 1806–1888 · poet
  • Augustus Sisk 1889–1955 · university teacher
  • Johnny Sisk 1906–1986 · American football 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 Sisk,
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 States813 records

813 records of the Sisk name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 482
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 154
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 115
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 21
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 16
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 14
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Benjamin E. Sisk

    Born 1908 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1942 at Tulsa, Oklahoma; farmer from Le Flore County, Oklahoma. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1944, buried at Fort Smith National Cemetery, Arkansas.

    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 Ruwen Sisk

    Arrived at New York in 1907 aboard the America from Cherbourg, aged 16; goldsmith. From Warschau, Russia; 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 Robert Donald Sisk

    Born 1946; from Miami, Florida. U.S. Marine Corps, field artillery fire control man; killed in action 1966 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

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

Showing 3 of 813 records for Sisk 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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); 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).

Australia14 records

14 records of the Sisk name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 5
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • Tasmanian Names Index 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 Sisk

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Samuel Boddington, sailing from Kingston in 1845. Native of Tipperary.

    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 Elisabeth Sisk

    Arrived in Victoria in 1858 aboard the John and Lucy, aged 29; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record David Sisk

    Gentleman of Fitzroy, Victoria; died 1901.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Sisk in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Sisk name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mimmie Mercy Sisk

    Died 1937 in Springhill, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Richard Ronald Sisk

    Married 1945 in Truro, Colchester, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Edward Symeon Sisk

    Married 1911 in Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 6 records for Sisk in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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