The Thrash surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,701 people carried this name — #7,117 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,609 in 2000.

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In print

Thrash in American newspapers,
1915–1922.

Newspaper page from The Brandon News carrying the name Thrash
The Brandon News 1921-10-27
Newspaper page from The Neshoba Democrat carrying the name Thrash
The Neshoba Democrat 1915-05-13
Newspaper page from The Neshoba Democrat carrying the name Thrash
The Neshoba Democrat 1922-04-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 188,287 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Thrash in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1990s.

144 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Thrash. The most, 42, 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 South Australia, at 3.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 66
New South Wales 26
Queensland 18
Victoria 18
Tasmania 7
Western Australia 6
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Thrash,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jesse Thrash
    Jesse Thrash 1880–1942 · American football player
  • Mark Thrash 1820–1943
  • Dox Thrash 1893–1965 · artist
  • Catherine Thrash 1905–1995 · author

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Thrash,
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 States223 records

223 records of the Thrash name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 162
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 56
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  • 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 Bernard M. Thrash

    Born 1916 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1943 at Clarksburg; plumber. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1985, buried at Sunset Memorial Funeral Hm & Gardens, Parkersburg, West Virginia.

    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 Ernest Thrash

    Born 1928; from Texas City, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps; died of wounds 1950 in Korea. Buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Aurelius Young Thrash

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1947, died 1999; buried at St Paul Cemetery, Greenville, Texas.

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

Showing 3 of 223 records for Thrash 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).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Thrash name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Walter Thrash

    Died 1954; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Ada Eliza Thrash

    Died 1952; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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