The Truax surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,968 people carried this name — #5,799 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 5,755 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Truax surname

Anglicization of Trieux. From French Trieux

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

In the first U.S. census, 1790

28 families named Truax, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 156 people lived in those households, 5.6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

New York 26
Pennsylvania 2

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 266 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Truax in American newspapers,
1903–1922.

Newspaper page from The Weekly Iberian carrying the name Truax
The Weekly Iberian 1922-08-12
Newspaper page from The Butte Inter Mountain carrying the name Truax
The Butte Inter Mountain 1903-08-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Truax in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1940s.

134 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Truax. The most, 62, date from the 1890s. Victoria 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 Queensland, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 41
New South Wales 38
Queensland 31
South Australia 12
Western Australia 4
ACT (Canberra) 1
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named Truax,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles H. Truax
    Charles H. Truax 1846–1910 · judge
  • Reuben Eldridge Truax
    Reuben Eldridge Truax 1847–1935 · politician
  • Sarah Truax
    Sarah Truax 1872–1958 · actor
  • Sarah Truax
    Sarah Truax 1877–1958 · actor
  • John Truax
    John Truax 1877–1930 · politician
  • Caleb Truax 1810–1878 · 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 Truax,
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 States480 records

480 records of the Truax name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 213
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 90
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 82
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 64
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 28
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Derward G. Truax

    Born 1915 in Vermont. Enlisted 1942 at Rutland; lumberman from Chittenden County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Maple Cemetery, Huntington, Vermont.

    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 Cecil S. Truax

    Born 1932; from Los Angeles County, California. U.S. Army, food service apprentice; declared dead 1950 in South Korea.

    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 Homer G. Truax

    U.S. Navy veteran. Born 1945, died 2001; buried at Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Bear, Delaware.

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

Showing 3 of 480 records for Truax 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) · 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, 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada8 records

8 records of the Truax name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 7
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  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 Lyall Truax

    Died in service in 1943.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  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 P. Truax

    Driver, Canadian Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. 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 John Wesley Truax

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 8 records for Truax in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). 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).

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