The Slocum surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,102 people carried this name — #3,899 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 8,904 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Slocum surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Slocombe’.

His entry covers Slocombe and Slocum.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 697 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

80 families named Slocum, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 505 people lived in those households, 6.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 6 other spellings. 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

Rhode Island 32
Massachusetts 21
New York 13
Vermont 4
Pennsylvania 3
Maryland 3
North Carolina 3
Connecticut 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. 262 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Slocum in American newspapers,
1853–1913.

Newspaper page from The Granite Farmer carrying the name Slocum
The Granite Farmer 1853-07-06
Newspaper page from The Lakeland Evening Telegram carrying the name Slocum
The Lakeland Evening Telegram 1913-12-03
Newspaper page from The Wyandot Pioneer carrying the name Slocum
The Wyandot Pioneer 1853-06-30

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

In print

Slocum in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

3,133 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Slocum. The most, 535, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 2.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,541
Western Australia 678
Victoria 579
South Australia 148
Queensland 120
ACT (Canberra) 37
Tasmania 27
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Slocum,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Frances Slocum
    Frances Slocum 1773–1847
  • George Wing Slocum
    George Wing Slocum 1818–1889 · politician
  • Henry Almy Slocum
    Henry Almy Slocum 1825–1908 · politician
  • Henry Warner Slocum Sr.
    Henry Warner Slocum Sr. 1827–1894 · lawyer
  • Samuel Slocum 1792–1861 · inventor
  • Joseph Slocum 1795–1863

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 Slocum,
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 States1,000 records

1,000 records of the Slocum name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 338
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 237
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 203
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 176
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 24
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 17
  • 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 Leroy O. Slocum

    Born 1923 in New Jersey. Enlisted 1942 at Camden; driver from Monmouth County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Glendola Cemetery, Neptune, New Jersey.

    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 Stephen Ellis Slocum

    Born 1949; from Thermopolis, Wyoming. U.S. Army, clerk-typist; died in an accident 1971 in Bien Hoa, 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 Ann Slocum

    Arrived at New York in 1872 aboard the Great Western from Liverpool, aged 19; domestic. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 1,000 records for Slocum in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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); 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).

Canada49 records

49 records of the Slocum name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 43
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Gordon Carl Erlby Slocum

    Buried in 1977 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 76.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Rufus Earl Slocum

    Died 1969 in Halifax, 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 Arthur Gordon Slocum

    Died in service in 1945.

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

Showing 3 of 49 records for Slocum in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. 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).

Australia30 records

30 records of the Slocum name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 20
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 8
  • Canberra cemetery and marriage records 1
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Owen J. Slocum

    Truck driver of Moe, Victoria; died 1952.

    Public Record Office Victoria (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 Joshua Slocum

    Arrived in Victoria in 1873 aboard the Benjamin Aymer.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Francis Edmund Slocum

    Buried in 1965 at Woden Cemetery, Canberra, ACT.

    ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 30 records for Slocum in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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