The Battles surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,702 people carried this name — #4,606 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 38,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 7,260 in 2000.

Look up another surname

Share

In print

Battles in American newspapers,
1902–1922.

Newspaper page from The Billings Gazette carrying the name Battles
The Billings Gazette 1902-07-04
Newspaper page from The Tri-county News carrying the name Battles
The Tri-county News 1922-05-31
Newspaper page from The Wenatchee Daily World carrying the name Battles
The Wenatchee Daily World 1908-12-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,795 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Battles in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1980s.

561 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Battles. The most, 102, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 215
New South Wales 111
Queensland 86
South Australia 57
Tasmania 48
Western Australia 28
ACT (Canberra) 9
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Battles,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Battles
    John Battles 1921–2009 · singer
  • Felix Battles 1840–1907 · military personnel
  • Everett Battles 1900– · politician
  • Cliff Battles 1910–1981 · basketball coach

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 Battles,
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 States395 records

395 records of the Battles name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 205
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 81
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 48
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 23
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 20
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 15
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Raymond J. Battles

    Born 1920 in Vermont. Enlisted 1942 at Rutland; laundry worker from Rutland County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Evergreen Cemetery, Rutland, Vermont.

    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 Charles Edward Battles

    Born 1932; from Warren, Ohio. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; died of wounds 1969 in Long An, 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 Miche Battles

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Umbria from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 39; laborer. From Radow, Poland, Russia; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 395 records for Battles 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · 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).

Australia6 records

6 records of the Battles name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 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 David Battles

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Lord Lyndoch, sailing from London in 1836. Native of Liverpool, Lancashire.

    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 Timothy Battles

    Arrived in Queensland in 1881 aboard the Almora, aged 26.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record David Battles

    Died 1888 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 60.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 6 records for Battles in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

France5 records

5 records of the Battles 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 Pierre Anselme Battles

    Born 1906 in Saint-Pierre-sur-Dropt (Lot-et-Garonne); died 1977 in Monségur (Gironde).

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

    Born 1912 in Duras (Lot-et-Garonne); died 1996 in Pineuilh (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Blanche Battles

    Born 1905 in Sainte-Livrade-sur-Lot; died 2001 in Castelmoron-sur-Lot (Lot-et-Garonne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Battles in France.

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).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Battles 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 O. W. Battles

    Machine Gun Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    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).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Battles.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Battles 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 Battles volume
Scroll to Top