The Wimberly surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,729 people carried this name — #4,070 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 33,800 people counted. That is up 4% from 8,406 in 2000.

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In print

Wimberly in American newspapers,
1897–1907.

Newspaper page from Los Angeles Herald carrying the name Wimberly
Los Angeles Herald 1907-05-05
Newspaper page from New York Journal And Advertiser carrying the name Wimberly
New York Journal And Advertiser 1897-08-19
Newspaper page from Southern Republican carrying the name Wimberly
Southern Republican 1900-02-08

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

In print

Wimberly in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1950s.

32 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wimberly. The most, 9, date from the 1890s.

Articles, by state

Queensland 21
South Australia 5
Victoria 3
New South Wales 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Wimberly,
with a public archive behind them.

  • By Wimberly
    By Wimberly 1892–1956 · basketball coach
  • Abner Wimberly
    Abner Wimberly 1926–1976 · American football player
  • Samuel Lamont Wimberly d. 2000
  • Dred Wimberly 1848–1937 · politician
  • Rush Wimberly 1873–1943 · judge
  • Lorris M. Wimberly 1898–1962 · 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 Wimberly,
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 States391 records

391 records of the Wimberly name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 268
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 110
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • 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 Arnold Bruce Wimberly

    Born 1946; from Highland Park, Michigan. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam. Buried at Detroit Memorial Park - East, Warren, Michigan.

    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 Webster Wimberly

    Born 1920 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Louisville, Kentucky; route man. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1993, buried at Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery, Nashville, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Melvin Leon Wimberly

    U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Born 1937, died 1999; buried at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Nevada.

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

Showing 3 of 391 records for Wimberly 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, 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Wimberly name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record C. Wimberly

    Sailed from Victoria in 1882 aboard the Lusitania II, bound for Sydney.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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