The Stamey surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,560 people carried this name — #9,171 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 82,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,474 in 2000.

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In print

Stamey in American newspapers,
1910–1913.

Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Stamey
The Topeka State Journal 1910-01-28
Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Stamey
The Topeka State Journal 1910-06-09
Newspaper page from The Rice Belt Journal carrying the name Stamey
The Rice Belt Journal 1913-03-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,148 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Stamey in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1950s.

58 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Stamey. The most, 17, 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 Queensland, at 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 23
New South Wales 15
South Australia 10
Western Australia 5
Victoria 3
ACT (Canberra) 1
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named Stamey,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Margaret Ann Stamey
    Margaret Ann Stamey 1931–2024 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 2 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Stamey,
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 States151 records

151 records of the Stamey name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 121
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 23
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 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 Rudolph V. Stamey

    Born 1923 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1943 at Buffalo, New York; lineman from Erie County, New York. Veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Bath National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Jimmy Edward Stamey

    Born 1947; from Saraland, Alabama. U.S. Army, medical specialist; killed in action 1966 in 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 Johann Stamey

    Arrived at New York in 1884 aboard the St. of Pennsylvania from Glasgow, aged 30; laborer. From Germany.

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

Showing 3 of 151 records for Stamey in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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