The Trombley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,908 people carried this name — #5,074 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,700 people counted. That is up 5% from 6,597 in 2000.

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In print

Trombley in American newspapers,
1909–1922.

Newspaper page from Rock Island Argus carrying the name Trombley
Rock Island Argus 1909-10-22
Newspaper page from The Washington Daily News carrying the name Trombley
The Washington Daily News 1922-04-11
Newspaper page from Palatka Daily News carrying the name Trombley
Palatka Daily News 1922-10-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,680 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Trombley,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Michael L. Trombley
    Michael L. Trombley 1940–2020 · businessperson
  • Rosalie Trombley 1939–2021 · radio personality

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Trombley,
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 States499 records

499 records of the Trombley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 192
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 154
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 84
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 56
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Elmer F. Trombley

    Born 1916 in Wisconsin. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Snelling, Minnesota; machinist. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    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 Michael Lawrence Trombley

    Born 1947; from Garden City, Michigan. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 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 William Trombley

    Arrived at New York in 1876 aboard the Bothnia from Liverpool, aged 20; student.

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

Showing 3 of 499 records for Trombley in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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).

Canada7 records

7 records of the Trombley name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Gunhild Trombley

    Buried in 1976 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 61.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. 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 Leo Joseph Trombley

    Died in service in 1942.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Joseph Mitchell Trombley

    Married 1946 in Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 7 records for Trombley in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · 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); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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