The Tarpley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,680 people carried this name — #8,896 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,617 in 2000.

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In print

Tarpley in American newspapers,
1907–1910.

Newspaper page from The Daily Telegram carrying the name Tarpley
The Daily Telegram 1907-03-20
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Tarpley
The San Francisco Call 1910-01-19
Newspaper page from The Clarksburg Telegram carrying the name Tarpley
The Clarksburg Telegram 1907-03-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,255 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Tarpley in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1940s.

58 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Tarpley. The most, 27, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 26
New South Wales 12
Queensland 6
South Australia 6
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Tarpley,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas M. Tarpley
    Thomas M. Tarpley 1922–1986 · military personnel
  • Fred Anderson Tarpley 1932–2014 · section chief
  • Roy Tarpley 1964–2015 · basketball player

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 Tarpley,
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 States201 records

201 records of the Tarpley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 143
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 48
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jesse B. Tarpley

    Born 1919 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1942 at Tulsa; carpenter from Grady County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Dallas, Texas.

    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 Norman Wesley Tarpley

    Born 1945; from Columbus, Ohio. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Thua Thien, 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 Edward A. Tarpley

    Confederate Army veteran. Born 1837, died 1898; buried at Mount Nebo Cemetery, Gordon, Georgia.

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

Showing 3 of 201 records for Tarpley 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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).

Australia6 records

6 records of the Tarpley 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 Jennie Tarpley

    Arrived in Victoria in 1908 aboard the Pericles, aged 3.

    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 Patrick Tarpley

    Arrived in Victoria in 1912 aboard the Otway, aged 22.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Geo Tarpley

    Arrived in Victoria in 1908 aboard the Pericles, as an infant.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Tarpley in Australia.

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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Tarpley name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. 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 Leslie Alfred Tarpley

    Died in service in 1944.

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

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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