The Anglin surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,396 people carried this name — #3,434 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,400 people counted. That is up 7% from 9,694 in 2000.

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In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 5 births for the Anglin name in 1890.

Most were registered in Munster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 200 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “All in Cork.”

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born, 1890

Munster 5

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In print

Anglin in American newspapers,
1899–1909.

Newspaper page from The Leader carrying the name Anglin
The Leader 1899-12-13
Newspaper page from Okolona Messenger carrying the name Anglin
Okolona Messenger 1904-11-02
Newspaper page from Ellsworth American carrying the name Anglin
Ellsworth American 1909-09-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 23,188 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Anglin in Australian newspapers,
1850s–2000s.

3,759 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Anglin. The most, 2,196, date from the 1900s. New South Wales 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 Victoria, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,347
Victoria 1,187
Queensland 382
South Australia 348
Western Australia 316
Tasmania 166
Northern Territory 5
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Anglin,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Timothy Anglin
    Timothy Anglin 1822–1896 · politician
  • Wilhelm Ekdahl Anglin
    Wilhelm Ekdahl Anglin 1853–1924 · military personnel
  • Francis Alexander Anglin
    Francis Alexander Anglin 1865–1933 · judge
  • Margaret Anglin
    Margaret Anglin 1876–1958 · actor
  • Philip Anglin d. 1798
  • Elizabeth Anglin 1747–1828

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 Anglin,
in the records of 3 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 States609 records

609 records of the Anglin name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 277
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 112
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 94
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 58
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 48
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 12
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Melvin T. Anglin

    Born 1924 in Texas. Enlisted 1943 at San Francisco, California; farm hand. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery, California.

    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 Robert Lee Anglin

    Born 1948; from Arista, West Virginia. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    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 Daniel Anglin

    Arrived at New York in 1884 aboard the City of Rome from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 25; laborer. From Tipperary, Ireland; bound for Connecticut.

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

Showing 3 of 609 records for Anglin 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) · 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · 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).

Australia91 records

91 records of the Anglin name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 45
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 28
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 10
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 4
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • Canberra cemetery and marriage records 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Anglin

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Ann & Amelia, arriving 1825; certificate of freedom 1831.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Francis Anglin

    Arrived in Victoria in 1885 aboard the Gulf of Mexico, aged 30; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Albert Anglin

    Grocer of Ballarat, Victoria; died 1935.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 91 records for Anglin in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada14 records

14 records of the Anglin name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 8
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 4
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Thermutis Anglin

    Died 1980; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William Anglin

    Died 1869 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record John Crawford Anglin

    Died in service in 1916.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 14 records for Anglin in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. 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); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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