Show ContentsSalinger Surname History


United States Salinger migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Salinger Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Mr. Christian Salinger, aged 34, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1846 aboard the ship "Creole", he died in 1846
  • Mrs. Dor. Salinger, aged 34, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1846 aboard the ship "Creole", she died in 1846
  • Mr. Adam Salinger, aged 2, German who arrived in Galveston, Texas in 1846 aboard the ship "Creole", he died in 1846
  • Alexander Salinger, who landed in Arkansas in 1874 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Salinger (post 1700) +

  • Pierre Salinger (1925-2004), White House Press Secretary to U.S. Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Matt Salinger (b. 1960), award winning American actor and son of author J. D. Salinger
  • Diane Louise Salinger (b. 1951), American actress and voice actress
  • Conrad Salinger (1901-1962), American music arranger-orchestrator and composer
  • Jerome David "J. D." Salinger (1919-2010), American novelist, best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye
  • Pierre Emil George Salinger (1925-2004), American Democratic Party politician, U.S. Senator from California, 1964 2
  • Max Salinger, American politician, Member of New Jersey State House of Assembly from Hudson County, 1893-94 2
  • Elise Salinger (1942-1998), American Democratic Party politician, Member of Arizona State House of Representatives 20th District, 1997-98 2
  • Benjamin I. Salinger (1861-1931), American politician, Justice of Iowa State Supreme Court, 1915-20 2


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 21) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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