The Trammell surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,582 people carried this name — #2,867 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 23,400 people counted. That is up 4% from 12,098 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Trammell surname

Altered form of German Tremmel, Tremel or Treml.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Trammell» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Trammell in American newspapers,
1897–1919.

Newspaper page from The Laramie Republican carrying the name Trammell
The Laramie Republican 1897-03-04
Newspaper page from The Clovis News carrying the name Trammell
The Clovis News 1919-06-12
Newspaper page from The Clovis News carrying the name Trammell
The Clovis News 1919-05-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,344 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Trammell in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1940s.

53 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Trammell. The most, 22, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 24
Queensland 11
South Australia 9
Victoria 3
Western Australia 3
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named Trammell,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Park Trammell
    Park Trammell 1876–1936 · mayor
  • Clyde G. Trammell
    Clyde G. Trammell 1892–1953 · lawyer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Trammell,
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 States565 records

565 records of the Trammell name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 394
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 154
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jarrett W. Trammell

    Born 1922 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1946 at Oklahoma City; manager from Tulsa County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 1979, buried at Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa, Oklahoma.

    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 Harry Michael Trammell

    Born 1950; from Brunswick, Ohio. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Dinh Tuong, 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 Alfred Lawrence Trammell

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1940, died 2000; buried at Evergreen Memorial Park, Hobart, Indiana.

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

Showing 3 of 565 records for Trammell 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Trammell name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Lucy Elizabeth Trammell

    Buried in 1970 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 69.

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

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. 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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