The Bagwell surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,324 people carried this name — #3,460 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,600 people counted. That is down 2% from 10,526 in 2000.

Look up another surname

Share

In print

Bagwell in American newspapers,
1889–1919.

Newspaper page from Sacramento Daily Record-union carrying the name Bagwell
Sacramento Daily Record-union 1889-10-23
Newspaper page from Sacramento Daily Record-union carrying the name Bagwell
Sacramento Daily Record-union 1889-10-20
Newspaper page from The North Mississippi Herald carrying the name Bagwell
The North Mississippi Herald 1919-10-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,133 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bagwell in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1970s.

600 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bagwell. The most, 94, 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 New South Wales, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 278
Queensland 103
South Australia 78
Victoria 78
Western Australia 40
ACT (Canberra) 12
Tasmania 11

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

Who carried it

People named Bagwell,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Bagwell
    William Bagwell 1590–1601 · writer
  • William Bagwell d. 1756
  • Margaret Bagwell d. 1884
  • Elizabeth Bagwell d. 1886
  • Hannah Bagwell d. 1825
  • John Bagwell 1751–1816 · 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 Bagwell,
in the records of 5 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 States576 records

576 records of the Bagwell name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 414
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 112
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 33
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Howard H. Bagwell

    Born 1912 in Texas. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Bliss El Paso; salesperson from Potter County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1981, buried at Resthaven Memorial Park, Midland, Texas.

    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 Cecil Ray Bagwell

    Born 1930; from Orleans County, Louisiana. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1951 in North Korea.

    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 Hanora Bagwell

    Arrived at New York in 1880 aboard the Egypt from Liverpool, aged 18; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 576 records for Bagwell 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Australia30 records

30 records of the Bagwell name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 13
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 8
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 6
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 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 Josiah Bagwell

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Susan, sailing from Plymouth in 1842. Native of Ilminster, Somerset. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1850.

    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 Mary A. Bagwell

    Arrived in Queensland in 1889 aboard the Merkara, aged 33.

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

    Of Cranbourne, Victoria; died 1983.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 30 records for Bagwell in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Bagwell name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Sadey Bagwell

    Married 1909 in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Bagwell 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 R. L. Bagwell

    Hampshire 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).

France1 record

1 record of the Bagwell 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 Grace Lilian Bagwell

    Born 1907 in Great Britain; died 1994 in Ronchin (Nord).

    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).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Bagwell.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Bagwell is.
A volume says what happened to it.

Every page in the index is free and stays free. The Heritage Volume is the long form: the full paper trail, the arms, the crossing — bound, and yours.

See the Bagwell volume
Scroll to Top