The Tankersley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,990 people carried this name — #5,782 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,918 in 2000.

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In print

Tankersley in American newspapers,
1891–1898.

Newspaper page from The Wichita Daily Eagle carrying the name Tankersley
The Wichita Daily Eagle 1898-09-25
Newspaper page from Waterbury Evening Democrat carrying the name Tankersley
Waterbury Evening Democrat 1891-11-07
Newspaper page from The Wichita Daily Eagle carrying the name Tankersley
The Wichita Daily Eagle 1898-08-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,124 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Tankersley in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

78 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Tankersley. The most, 33, date from the 1900s. 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 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 46
South Australia 17
Victoria 8
Queensland 2
Tasmania 2
ACT (Canberra) 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 Tankersley.

Who carried it

People named Tankersley,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ray Tankersley 1899–1980
  • Leo Tankersley 1901–1980 · baseball player
  • William Tankersley 1918–2016
  • Bazy Tankersley 1921–2013 · journalist

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Tankersley,
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 States277 records

277 records of the Tankersley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 214
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 55
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 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 Thomas L. Tankersley

    Born 1911 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1944 at Camp Upton Yaphank, New York; miner. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1964, buried at Long Island 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 James Estill Tankersley

    Born 1949; from Taylor, Michigan. U.S. Army, light air defense artillery crewmember; died in an accident 1969 in Binh Dinh, 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 George W. Tankersley

    Confederate Army veteran of the Civil War. Born 1846, died 1923; buried at Tankersley Family Cemetery, Pennington Gap, Virginia.

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

Showing 3 of 277 records for Tankersley 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, 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Tankersley name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Bethany Tankersley

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Una; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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