The Thompkins surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,732 people carried this name — #5,998 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,500 people counted. That is up 9% from 5,274 in 2000.

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In print

Thompkins in American newspapers,
1903.

Newspaper page from The Republican carrying the name Thompkins
The Republican 1903-11-05
Newspaper page from Rock Springs Miner carrying the name Thompkins
Rock Springs Miner 1903-08-20
Newspaper page from Canton Weekly Register carrying the name Thompkins
Canton Weekly Register 1903-07-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,582 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Thompkins in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1950s.

331 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Thompkins. The most, 50, date from the 1830s. 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 Victoria, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 183
Victoria 67
Queensland 32
Western Australia 18
Tasmania 17
South Australia 12
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Thompkins,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Young Peter Jackson
    Young Peter Jackson 1877–1923 · boxer
  • William J. Thompkins
    William J. Thompkins 1884–1944 · journalist
  • William R. Thompkins
    William R. Thompkins 1925–1971 · actor
  • Ronnie Thompkins 1967–2003 · 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 Thompkins,
in the records of 4 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 States327 records

327 records of the Thompkins name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 141
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 75
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 66
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 20
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 14
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Michael Laroy Thompkins

    Born 1950; from Kansas City, Missouri. U.S. Army, central office switchboard operator; died of illness 1971 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Freddie Thompkins

    Born 1922 in Georgia. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Blanding, Florida; filling station attendant. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Bealsville Memorial Cemetery, Plant City, Florida.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ethel Thompkins

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the City of Chester from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 4. From Longton, England; bound for Philadelphia.

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

Showing 3 of 327 records for Thompkins 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia29 records

29 records of the Thompkins name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 16
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 6
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 4
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Thompkins

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Bengal Merchant, arriving 1838; ticket of leave 1842.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record James F. Thompkins

    Gentleman of Ascot Vale, Victoria; died 1948.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Mark Thompkins

    Left Hobart in 1825 aboard the Governor Macquarie, bound for Port Jackson, as commander.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 29 records for Thompkins in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Canada22 records

22 records of the Thompkins name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 19
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William Gordon Thompkins

    Buried in 1995 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 66.

    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 William Stephen Thompkins

    Died 1974 in Kentville, Kings, Nova Scotia, aged 98.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Ada May Thompkins

    Married 1909 in Hampton, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 22 records for Thompkins 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. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. 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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Thompkins name in the United Kingdom Scottish rolls of honour, First World War
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record Richard Thompkins

    Died 1917. Named in the roll of honour (1926).

    National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, Rolls of Honour (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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