The Vanderpool surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,257 people carried this name — #5,557 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 47,200 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (6,284).

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, Vanderpool was counted together with V: Der Pool: 23 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 123 people lived in those households, 5.4 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: V: Der Pool, Vanderpool. 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 17
South Carolina 3
North Carolina 2
Pennsylvania 1

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

Vanderpool in American newspapers,
1909–1914.

Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Vanderpool
Daily Kennebec Journal 1909-07-19
Newspaper page from New Hampshire Farmer And Weekly Union carrying the name Vanderpool
New Hampshire Farmer And Weekly Union 1909-07-21
Newspaper page from The Prince George's Enquirer And Southern Maryland Advertiser carrying the name Vanderpool
The Prince George's Enquirer And Southern Maryland Advertiser 1914-12-18

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

In print

Vanderpool in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

72 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Vanderpool. The most, 19, date from the 1870s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 29
New South Wales 17
Queensland 7
South Australia 6
Western Australia 6
Tasmania 4

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

Who carried it

People named Vanderpool,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sylvia Robinson
    Sylvia Robinson 1936–2011 · singer
  • Beach Vanderpool 1808–1884 · politician
  • Eugene Vanderpool 1844–1903
  • Wynant Vanderpool 1848–1928
  • Loraine Eleanor Vanderpool 1872–1956
  • Wynant Davis Vanderpool 1875–1944

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 Vanderpool,
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 States510 records

510 records of the Vanderpool name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 192
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 103
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 89
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 68
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 42
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 14
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Joe Wayne Vanderpool

    Born 1949; from Anchorage, Alaska. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Alphonse G. Vanderpool

    Born 1900. Enlisted 1942 at New York City; kitchen worker from New York County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

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

    Arrived at New Orleans in 1851 aboard the Louisiana from Bremen, aged 60; laborer. From Hanover, Germany.

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

Showing 3 of 510 records for Vanderpool in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Netherlands974 records

974 records of the Vanderpool name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 636
  • Dutch population registers 315
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 23
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Simon van der Pool

    Married in 1909 in 's-Gravenhage; porter. Died 1942 in Auschwitz, aged 72.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Dirkje van der Pool

    Married in 1834 in Gouda; "hekelster". Died 1857 in Gouda, aged 51.

    Open Archives, Streekarchief Midden-Holland (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Hartog van der Pool

    Born 1922 in Veendam. Died 1942 in Auschwitz, aged 20.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 974 records for Vanderpool in the Netherlands.

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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Vanderpool name in Australia Tasmanian Names Index
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Jacob Vanderpool

    Left Hobart in 1846 aboard the Ianthe, bound for Sydney, as crew.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Vanderpool name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Van Vanderpool

    Born 1958 in the United States; died 1999 in the United States.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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