The Billingsley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,973 people carried this name — #2,995 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,600 people counted. That is up 4% from 11,460 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Billingsley surname

As an English and Welsh surname

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

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 102 · public domain.

In print

Billingsley in American newspapers,
1917.

Newspaper page from The Butte Daily Post carrying the name Billingsley
The Butte Daily Post 1917-03-17
Newspaper page from The Daily Missoulian carrying the name Billingsley
The Daily Missoulian 1917-03-13
Newspaper page from The Butte Daily Post carrying the name Billingsley
The Butte Daily Post 1917-03-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,496 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Billingsley in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

1,433 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Billingsley. The most, 306, 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 2.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 761
New South Wales 373
South Australia 231
Western Australia 31
ACT (Canberra) 20
Queensland 14
Tasmania 2

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

Who carried it

People named Billingsley,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Henry Billingsley d. 1659
  • Henry Billingsley 1550–1606 · politician
  • Nicholas Billingsley 1599–1697 · cleric
  • Nicholas Billingsley 1633–1709 · poet
  • Nicholas Billingsley 1633–1709 · poet
  • Samuel Billingsley 1637–1735

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

In the public record

People named Billingsley,
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 States631 records

631 records of the Billingsley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 390
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 149
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 25
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 22
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 20
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
  • Sacramento County historic burials 6
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Carey D. Billingsley

    Born 1909 in Alabama. Enlisted 1943 at Fort McClellan; wholesale manager from Jefferson County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama.

    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 Richard Wayne Billingsley

    Born 1944; from Glendale, California. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1966 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 John Billingsley

    Arrived at New York in 1873 aboard the City of Bristol from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 23; farmer. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 631 records for Billingsley 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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 · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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).

Australia35 records

35 records of the Billingsley name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 16
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 10
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 6
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 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 Samuel Billingsley

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Minerva, arriving 1821; certificate of freedom 1828.

    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 William Billingsley

    Arrived in Queensland in 1878 aboard the Glamis, aged 21.

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

    Retired of Dandenong, Victoria; died 1976.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 35 records for Billingsley in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · 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).

Canada9 records

9 records of the Billingsley name in Canada
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 4
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Francis Aylwin Billingsley

    Died 1934; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Henry K. Billingsley

    Died 1945 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

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

    Died in service in 1945.

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

Showing 3 of 9 records for Billingsley in Canada.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

New Zealand5 records

5 records of the Billingsley name in New Zealand Marlborough District cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Andrew Elliot Billingsley

    Died 1959, aged 69; buried at Rai Valley Cemetery, Marlborough.

    Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Trevor John Billingsley

    Died 1982, aged 44; buried at Rai Valley Cemetery, Marlborough.

    Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record George Billingsley

    Died 1923, aged 26; buried at Havelock Cemetery, Marlborough.

    Marlborough District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Billingsley in New Zealand.

Counts: Marlborough District 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).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Billingsley 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 H. Billingsley

    Durham Light Infantry. 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).

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