The Tolbert surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 24,375 people carried this name — #1,464 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,100 people counted. That is up 7% from 22,720 in 2000.

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In print

Tolbert in American newspapers,
1898–1922.

Newspaper page from The Commonwealth carrying the name Tolbert
The Commonwealth 1922-12-08
Newspaper page from The Semi-weekly Messenger carrying the name Tolbert
The Semi-weekly Messenger 1898-11-15
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Tolbert
The Salt Lake Herald 1898-11-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 27,737 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Tolbert in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1980s.

154 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Tolbert. The most, 32, date from the 1930s. 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 the Australian Capital Territory, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 72
ACT (Canberra) 22
Queensland 16
Victoria 14
Western Australia 11
Tasmania 9
South Australia 6

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

Who carried it

People named Tolbert,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Richard Tolbert
    William Richard Tolbert 1913–1980 · politician
  • Victoria Anna David Tolbert
    Victoria Anna David Tolbert 1916–1997
  • Rodney David Tolbert d. 2003
  • Ward V. Tolbert 1877–1946 · lawyer
  • John William Tolbert Jr. 1905–1999
  • Frank E. Tolbert 1910–1980 · politician

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 Tolbert,
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 States1,030 records

1,030 records of the Tolbert name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 665
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 278
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 38
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 27
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 6
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • 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 George Tolbert

    Born 1912 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Houston; farm hand from Polk County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1974, buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1863 aboard the W.f. Storm from Liverpool, aged 19; servant. From Ireland; bound for Boston.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Dale William Tolbert

    Born 1947; from West Linn, Oregon. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,030 records for Tolbert 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) · 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia10 records

10 records of the Tolbert name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 6
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Richard Tolbert

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Isabella Watson, aged 23; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Maria Tolbert

    Married 1851 in Launceston, Tasmania, aged 34.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record M. A. Tolbert

    Of Helensburgh Street, New South Wales; died 1908.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Tolbert in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Tolbert name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  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 James Arthur Tolbert

    Served in the No. 2 Construction Battalion in the First World War, private; of Detroit, Michigan.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Matthew Tolbert

    Listed at Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1791.

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

Showing 2 of 4 records for Tolbert in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Netherlands3 records

3 records of the Tolbert name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 2
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jan Jacobs Tolbert

    Married in 1670 in Oldehove.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Adrianus Antonius Tolbert

    In the population register of Brielle; born 1827 in Grave.

    Open Archives, Streekarchief Voorne-Putten (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Adrianus Antonius Tolbert

    In a population register; born 1837 in Grave.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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