The Bixby surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,086 people carried this name — #8,114 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 71,900 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,949 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bixby surname

From Old English byxe (“box tree”) + Old Norse býr (“farm, town”).

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

In the first U.S. census, 1790

39 families named Bixby, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 213 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 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

Massachusetts 15
Vermont 14
New Hampshire 9
New York 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. 229 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Bixby in American newspapers,
1870–1901.

Newspaper page from The Tiffin Tribune carrying the name Bixby
The Tiffin Tribune 1870-03-04
Newspaper page from The Chickasha Daily Express carrying the name Bixby
The Chickasha Daily Express 1901-01-04
Newspaper page from The White Pine News carrying the name Bixby
The White Pine News 1898-07-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 67,095 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bixby in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1980s.

575 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bixby. The most, 119, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 150
New South Wales 149
Queensland 123
South Australia 54
Western Australia 36
Tasmania 24
ACT (Canberra) 5

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

Who carried it

People named Bixby,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Amos Bixby
    Amos Bixby 1822–1894 · newspaper editor
  • Charles Chauncey Bixby
    Charles Chauncey Bixby 1824–1905 · politician
  • Llewellyn Bixby
    Llewellyn Bixby 1825–1896
  • Moses Bixby
    Moses Bixby 1827–1901 · missionary
  • Jotham Bixby
    Jotham Bixby 1831–1917 · businessperson
  • Mary Bixby d. 1882

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 Bixby,
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 States448 records

448 records of the Bixby name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 161
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 88
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 85
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 75
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 16
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 16
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Thomas Eugene Bixby

    Born 1949; from Millport, New York. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Woodlawn National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Daniel O. Bixby

    Born 1921 in Wisconsin. Enlisted 1942 at Milwaukee; driver from Columbia County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1994, buried at Spring Grove Cemetery, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Keran Bixby

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the State of Nebraska from Glasgow and Moville, aged 33; seaman. From Greenock; bound for Massachusetts.

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

Showing 3 of 448 records for Bixby in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada10 records

10 records of the Bixby name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 7
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Blanche Mary Bixby

    Buried in 1969 at Mount Hermon Cemetery, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, aged 64.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Frederick Bixby

    Buried in 1913 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Frank Todd Bixby

    Died 1923 in Linden, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 10 records for Bixby in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. 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).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Bixby name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Charles Bixby

    Sailed from Victoria in 1863 aboard the Ceylon, aged 27.

    Public Record Office Victoria (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 Chas Bixby

    Sailed from Victoria in 1861 aboard the Ocean Chief, bound for Otago, aged 27.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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