The Vanwinkle surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,811 people carried this name — #4,541 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,700 people counted. That is up 2% from 7,630 in 2000.

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In print

Vanwinkle in American newspapers,
1906–1908.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Vanwinkle
The Washington Times 1906-01-07
Newspaper page from Canton Weekly Register carrying the name Vanwinkle
Canton Weekly Register 1908-06-18
Newspaper page from The New Haven Union carrying the name Vanwinkle
The New Haven Union 1906-01-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 5,979 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Vanwinkle,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Peter G. Van Winkle
    Peter G. Van Winkle 1808–1872 · politician
  • Mina Van Winkle
    Mina Van Winkle 1875–1932 · suffragist
  • Marshall Van Winkle
    Marshall Van Winkle 1869–1957 · politician
  • Katherine Van Winkle Palmer 1895–1982 · malacologist
  • Walling Van Winkle 1650–1725
  • Daniel Van Winkle 1816–1886 · real estate developer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named Vanwinkle,
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 States650 records

650 records of the Vanwinkle name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 250
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 224
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 114
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 23
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 20
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Tony VanWinkle

    Born 1916 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Thomas Newport; farm hand from Lincoln County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Crab Orchard Cemetery, Kentucky.

    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 Calvin VanWinkle

    Born 1932; from Douglas County, Nebraska. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1950 in South Korea.

    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 Victoria VanWinkle

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Helvetia from Liverpool, aged 29. From Liverpool, Scotland.

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

Showing 3 of 650 records for Vanwinkle 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · 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).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Vanwinkle name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 3
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Hilda Peterson VanWinkle

    Buried in 1991 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 102.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record John Van Winkle

    Listed at Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1791.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Arthur Sharot VanWinkle

    Married 1903 in Digby, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Vanwinkle in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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