The Skiles surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,172 people carried this name — #6,548 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,100 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,910 in 2000.

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In print

Skiles in American newspapers,
1887–1889.

Newspaper page from The Arkansaw Traveler carrying the name Skiles
The Arkansaw Traveler 1889-09-14
Newspaper page from Richmond Dispatch carrying the name Skiles
Richmond Dispatch 1887-08-31
Newspaper page from Mower County Transcript carrying the name Skiles
Mower County Transcript 1889-11-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,369 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Skiles,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Woodburn Skiles
    William Woodburn Skiles 1849–1904 · lawyer
  • Bill Skiles d. 2011 · comedian
  • Jane O'Connor Skiles 1913–2007
  • Barbara LaViolette 1921–2016
  • Wesley C. Skiles 1958–2010 · photographer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Skiles,
in the records of the United States.

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 States229 records

229 records of the Skiles name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 157
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 60
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William D. Skiles

    Born 1921 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; salesperson from Grundy County. Veteran of World War II; died 1969, buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 James Arthur Skiles

    Born 1945; from New Brunswick, New Jersey. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Tay Ninh, 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 Arthur F. Skiles

    U.S. Army veteran of the Spanish–American War. Born 1875, died 1963; buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 229 records for Skiles 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).

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