The Trusty surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,163 people carried this name — #7,950 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,900 people counted. That is up 8% from 3,837 in 2000.

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In print

Trusty in American newspapers,
1913–1915.

Newspaper page from The City Itemizer carrying the name Trusty
The City Itemizer 1913-06-12
Newspaper page from The City Itemizer carrying the name Trusty
The City Itemizer 1914-01-15
Newspaper page from The City Itemizer carrying the name Trusty
The City Itemizer 1915-04-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 129,266 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Trusty in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

714 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Trusty. The most, 273, date from the 1900s. 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 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 501
Victoria 88
Queensland 52
South Australia 34
Tasmania 19
Western Australia 17
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Trusty,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Shep Trusty 1860–1890 · baseball player

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Trusty,
in the records of 3 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 States209 records

209 records of the Trusty name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 103
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 57
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 36
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • 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 Andrew T. Trusty

    Born 1926 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; miner. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1994, buried at Dayton National Cemetery, Ohio.

    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 William Robert Trusty

    Born 1941; from Eldorado, Illinois. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Bien Hoa, 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 Frederick Trusty

    Veteran. Born 1893, died 1950; buried at Baltimore National Cemetery, Maryland.

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

Showing 3 of 209 records for Trusty 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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).

Australia6 records

6 records of the Trusty name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William John Trusty

    Warehouseman of Bundoora, Victoria; died 1982.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Margt Trusty

    Arrived in Victoria in 1889 aboard the Cuzco, aged 31.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jane Trusty

    Arrived in Victoria in 1889 aboard the Cuzco, aged 2.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Trusty in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Trusty name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  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 Norman Edward Trusty

    Died in service in 1944.

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

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