The Thornburg surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,309 people carried this name — #4,827 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,300 people counted. That is up 2% from 7,156 in 2000.

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In print

Thornburg in American newspapers,
1861–1925.

Newspaper page from Yorkville Enquirer carrying the name Thornburg
Yorkville Enquirer 1884-11-06
Newspaper page from The Highland Weekly News carrying the name Thornburg
The Highland Weekly News 1861-02-21
Newspaper page from The Bozeman Courier carrying the name Thornburg
The Bozeman Courier 1925-05-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 37,982 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Thornburg in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.

45 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Thornburg. The most, 10, date from the 1910s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 17
Queensland 12
New South Wales 10
Western Australia 4
South Australia 2

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

Who carried it

People named Thornburg,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henry Thornburg 1809– · politician
  • William Lindsey Thornburg 1837– · farmer
  • Opal Thornburg 1899– · writer
  • Charles Collier Thornburg 1906– · writer
  • Billie Lee Snyder Thornburg 1912–2009 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Thornburg,
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 States323 records

323 records of the Thornburg name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 230
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 72
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Dorus C. Thornburg

    Born 1920 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Bragg; machinist. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Pisgah United Methodist Church Cemetery, Lincolnton, North Carolina.

    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 Scott William Thornburg

    Born 1950; from Loudon, Tennessee. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; died of wounds 1969 in Quang Nam, 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 Sarah Thornburg

    Arrived at New York in 1856 aboard the Samuel Morley Jr. from Belfast, aged 26; laborer. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 323 records for Thornburg 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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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