The Ashburn surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,112 people carried this name — #8,049 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,998 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Ashburn surname

Variant of Ashbourne.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ashburn» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Ashburn in American newspapers,
1847–1873.

Newspaper page from The New Hampshire Gazette And Republican Union carrying the name Ashburn
The New Hampshire Gazette And Republican Union 1847-09-14
Newspaper page from New Hampshire Journal Of Agriculture carrying the name Ashburn
New Hampshire Journal Of Agriculture 1862-04-16
Newspaper page from Ellsworth American carrying the name Ashburn
Ellsworth American 1873-11-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,524 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Ashburn in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1970s.

2,927 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ashburn. The most, 772, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Queensland, at 3.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 2,157
New South Wales 405
Victoria 304
South Australia 18
Tasmania 16
Western Australia 12
ACT (Canberra) 4
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Ashburn,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George W. Ashburn
    George W. Ashburn 1814–1868 · politician
  • P. M. Ashburn
    P. M. Ashburn 1872–1940 · physician
  • Thomas Q. Ashburn
    Thomas Q. Ashburn 1874–1941 · writer
  • Frank Ashburn
    Frank Ashburn 1903–1997 · biographer
  • Ida Nancy Ashburn
    Ida Nancy Ashburn 1909–1980 · teacher
  • Thomas Q. Ashburn 1820–1890 · judge

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 Ashburn,
in the records of 4 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 States209 records

209 records of the Ashburn name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 124
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 55
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 9
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Frank E. Ashburn

    Born 1898 in Oregon. Enlisted 1942 at Tacoma, Washington; warehouseman from King County, Washington. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1956, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    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 Ronald Wayne Ashburn

    Born 1949; from Nashville, Tennessee. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Nam, 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 George Ashburn

    Arrived at New York in 1886 aboard the America from Liverpool, aged 27; laborer. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 209 records for Ashburn in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls). 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).

Australia64 records

64 records of the Ashburn name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 23
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 22
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 9
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 8
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  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 Joseph Ashburn

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Marquis of Huntley, arriving 1835; ticket of leave 1848.

    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 John Ashburn

    Arrived in Queensland in 1911 aboard the Miltiades, aged 30.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John Ashburn

    Engine cleaner of Melbourne, Victoria; died 1890.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 64 records for Ashburn 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). 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).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Ashburn name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Ashburn

    Corporal, York and Lancaster Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Ashburn name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Ann Virginia Ashburn

    In a population register.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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