The Vineyard surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,901 people carried this name — #8,467 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 75,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,809 in 2000.

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In print

Vineyard in American newspapers,
1920.

Newspaper page from Arizona Republican carrying the name Vineyard
Arizona Republican 1920-11-13

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

In print

Vineyard in Australian newspapers,
1830s–2000s.

4,790 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Vineyard. The most, 1,140, 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 South Australia, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 1,698
New South Wales 1,318
South Australia 929
Queensland 490
Western Australia 307
Tasmania 38
ACT (Canberra) 9
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Vineyard,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Russell Vineyard 1804–1863 · politician
  • Mary Owens 1808–1877 · teacher
  • George Hoagland Vineyard 1879–1940
  • George Hoagland Vineyard 1920–1987 · university teacher

Wikidata (CC0) · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Vineyard,
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 States213 records

213 records of the Vineyard name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 153
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 50
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • 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 Jake Vineyard

    Born 1911 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1942 at Oklahoma City; filling station attendant. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Oklahoma.

    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 George Mickel Vineyard

    Born 1945; from San Antonio, Texas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tin, 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 Roy James Vineyard

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1897, died 1966; buried at Los Angeles National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 213 records for Vineyard 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Vineyard name in the United Kingdom St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Eliza Vineyard

    Buried in 1825 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 44.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record John Vineyard

    Buried in 1837 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 53.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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