The Batchelder surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,517 people carried this name — #7,377 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,400 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,311 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Batchelder surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a name of office: ‘the bachelor’.

His entry covers Batchelder and Batcheldor.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 83 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

236 families named Batchelder, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 1,311 people lived in those households, 5.6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 18 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

New Hampshire 99
Massachusetts 81
Maine 16
North Carolina 13
Vermont 8
Virginia 5
Maryland 4
South Carolina 4
New York 2
Pennsylvania 2
Rhode Island 1
Connecticut 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 228 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Batchelder in American newspapers,
1907–1916.

Newspaper page from The Jasper News carrying the name Batchelder
The Jasper News 1907-11-07
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Batchelder
The Birmingham Age-herald 1913-10-19
Newspaper page from The Daytona Daily News carrying the name Batchelder
The Daytona Daily News 1916-03-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 60,173 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Batchelder in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

3,191 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Batchelder. The most, 1,914, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 3.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 2,911
New South Wales 156
Queensland 49
South Australia 28
Tasmania 28
Western Australia 12
ACT (Canberra) 3
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Batchelder,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Isabella Batchelder James
    Isabella Batchelder James 1819–1901 · writer
  • John Mason Batchelder
    John Mason Batchelder 1832– · politician
  • Richard Napoleon Batchelder
    Richard Napoleon Batchelder 1832–1901 · military officer
  • Hiram Batchelder
    Hiram Batchelder 1837–1911 · teacher
  • William Batchelder d. 1669
  • Samuel Batchelder 1784–1879 · businessperson

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Batchelder,
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 States356 records

356 records of the Batchelder name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 189
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 69
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 45
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 21
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 14
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 13
  • 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 Donald Batchelder

    Born 1915 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Rochester; mechanic from Steuben County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Arkport Cemetery, New York.

    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 William Robert Batchelder

    Born 1945; from Springvale, Maine. U.S. Army, utility helicopter repairer; killed in action 1965 in 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 Hattie S. Batchelder

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Etruria from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 23; teacher.

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

Showing 3 of 356 records for Batchelder 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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).

Australia63 records

63 records of the Batchelder name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 31
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 30
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Robert Batchelder

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Lady Arbella, aged 42; English.

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

    Dentist of Bendigo, Victoria; died 1937.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Annie Frances Batchelder

    Of Finley, New South Wales; died 1934.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 63 records for Batchelder in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Batchelder name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. 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 Orval Wesley Batchelder

    Died in service in 1917.

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

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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