The Sizemore surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 20,116 people carried this name — #1,783 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 19,607 in 2000.

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In print

Sizemore in American newspapers,
1930.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Sizemore
Evening Star 1930-03-27
Newspaper page from The Washington Daily News carrying the name Sizemore
The Washington Daily News 1930-03-26
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Sizemore
Evening Star 1930-03-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,863 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Sizemore in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1950s.

51 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Sizemore. The most, 24, date from the 1950s. 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 2.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 47
ACT (Canberra) 1
Queensland 1
Tasmania 1
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Sizemore,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Barbara Sizemore 1927–2004 · educator
  • Chris Costner Sizemore 1927–2016 · painter
  • Earleen Sizemore 1938–2014 · politician
  • Susan Sizemore 1951–2020 · writer
  • Tom Sizemore 1961–2023 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Sizemore,
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 States817 records

817 records of the Sizemore name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 602
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 185
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 10
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Clarence M. Sizemore

    Born 1921 in Georgia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort McPherson Atlanta; driver from Tift County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Oakridge Cemetery, Tifton, Georgia.

    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 Donnie Ray Sizemore

    Born 1950; from Santee, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; died in an accident 1970 in Pleiku, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record William Sizemore

    Confederate Army veteran. Born 1835, died 1928; buried at Sizemore Cemetery, Prestonsburg, Kentucky.

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

Showing 3 of 817 records for Sizemore 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain). 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia9 records

9 records of the Sizemore name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 5
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • 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 Richard Sizemore

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the General Stuart, arriving 1818; certificate of freedom 1825.

    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 John Sizemore

    Sailed from Victoria in 1880 aboard the Northumberland I, bound for London, aged 27.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Richard Sizemore

    Left Hobart in 1832 aboard the Royal Admiral, bound for Sydney.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Sizemore 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); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

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