The Ashe surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,756 people carried this name — #4,573 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 7,485 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Ashe surname

A topographic surname from Middle English, spelling variant of Ash.

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

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘at the ash’.

An early record he cites: John atte Assh, Somerset, 1327–28 (1 Edward III) — Kirby's Quest (Somerset).

His entry covers Ash, Ashe and Aysh.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 61 · public domain.

In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 22 births for the Ashe name in 1890.

They were registered in all four provinces, most of all in Munster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 1,000 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 4 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “Kerry and Antrim.”

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

Where they were born, 1890

Munster 9
Ulster 6
Leinster 4
Connacht 3

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

In print

Ashe in American newspapers,
1902–1910.

Newspaper page from Harrison Press-journal carrying the name Ashe
Harrison Press-journal 1902-10-02
Newspaper page from The Cooperstown Courier carrying the name Ashe
The Cooperstown Courier 1902-09-25
Newspaper page from The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram carrying the name Ashe
The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram 1910-05-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,644 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Ashe in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

8,126 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ashe. The most, 1,443, date from the 1930s. 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 3,143
Victoria 2,293
Queensland 1,389
South Australia 512
Western Australia 478
Tasmania 261
ACT (Canberra) 31
Northern Territory 6

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

Who carried it

People named Ashe,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ethel Maude Ashe d. 1916
  • John Baptista Ashe d. 1734
  • James Ashe d. 1615
  • Samuel Ashe d. 1708 · lawyer
  • Margaret L. Ashe d. 1905 · painter
  • William Ashe d. 1750 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ashe,
in the records of 7 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 States795 records

795 records of the Ashe name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 241
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 154
  • Other U.S. records 400
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Horace L. Ashe

    Born 1914 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jackson Columbia, South Carolina; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Suck Creek Bapt Church Cemetery, South Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Cath Ashe

    Arrived at New York in 1904 aboard the Bremen from Bremen and Bremerhaven, aged 21; cook. From Prulake, Germany.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ronald A. Ashe

    Born 1946; from Ansonia, Connecticut. U.S. Air Force; died in an accident 1972 in Thailand.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 795 records for Ashe in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · 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. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia230 records

230 records of the Ashe name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 135
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 32
  • Other Australian records 63
  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 Thomas Ashe

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Julia in 1848. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1850. Married 1850 in Hobart, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Richd V. Ashe

    Arrived in Victoria in 1885 aboard the Lusitania, aged 22; 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 John Ashe

    Priest of E Brighton, Victoria; died 1981.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 230 records for Ashe 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) · State Library of Western Australia (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).

Canada137 records

137 records of the Ashe name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 116
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 10
  • Other Canadian records 11
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record William Ashe

    Left New York in 1783 aboard the Mary, bound for Port Roseway, aged 38.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Alice Adavalia Ashe

    Buried in 1961 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 87.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  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 Lawrence Ashe

    Died in service in 1944.

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

Showing 3 of 137 records for Ashe 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. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom7 records

7 records of the Ashe name in the United Kingdom
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 6
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Ruth Ashe

    Buried in 1810 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 55.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. Ashe

    West Yorkshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

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

Showing 2 of 7 records for Ashe in the United Kingdom.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands4 records

4 records of the Ashe name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 3
  • Dutch population registers 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Letitia Muriel Ashe

    Died 1954 in 's-Gravenhage, aged 64.

    Open Archives, Haags Gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 4 records for Ashe in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France2 records

2 records of the Ashe name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Brian George Ashe

    Born 1936 in India; died 2001 in Saint-Brieuc (Côtes-d'Armor).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record William Blacker Ashe

    Born 1903 in Turkey; died 1989 in the United Kingdom.

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Ireland1 record

1 record of the Ashe name in Ireland County Galway graveyard records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Norman Ashe

    Died 1864, aged 94; buried at Clontuskert - St Matthews (CoI), Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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