The Birdwell surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,339 people carried this name — #7,655 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 68,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,244 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Birdwell surname

A habitational surname from Old English.

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

In print

Birdwell in American newspapers,
1929.

Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Times carrying the name Birdwell
The Indianapolis Times 1929-02-16
Newspaper page from South Bend News-times carrying the name Birdwell
South Bend News-times 1929-02-22
Newspaper page from South Bend News-times carrying the name Birdwell
South Bend News-times 1929-03-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 3,457 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Birdwell in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

94 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Birdwell. The most, 16, date from the 1870s. 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 41
Victoria 30
Queensland 7
Tasmania 6
Western Australia 4
South Australia 3
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Birdwell,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Russell Birdwell 1903–1977 · screenwriter
  • Florence Birdwell 1925–2021 · musician
  • Dan Birdwell 1940–1978 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Birdwell,
in the records of the United States.

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 States188 records

188 records of the Birdwell name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 136
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 45
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • 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 Joseph M. Birdwell

    Born 1914 in Texas. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma; farm hand from Wheeler County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Memory Gardens Cemetery, Amarillo, 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 Michael Del Birdwell

    Born 1941; from Modesto, California. U.S. Army, infantry unit commander; killed in action 1968 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Marvin C. Birdwell

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1957, died 1990; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 188 records for Birdwell 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, 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

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