The Blackstone surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,659 people carried this name — #8,946 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,600 people counted. That is up 6% from 3,466 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Blackstone surname

From Old English blac (“black”) + stān (“stone”).

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

As an English and Welsh surname

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

An early record he cites: Agnes Blacston, Cambridgeshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Blackston, Blackstone, Blakiston and Blaxton.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 107 · public domain.

In print

Blackstone in American newspapers,
1873–1913.

Newspaper page from The Laramie Republican carrying the name Blackstone
The Laramie Republican 1899-01-03
Newspaper page from The Chickasha Daily Express carrying the name Blackstone
The Chickasha Daily Express 1913-06-10
Newspaper page from Nashville Union And American carrying the name Blackstone
Nashville Union And American 1873-09-27

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,132 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Blackstone in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1970s.

2,997 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Blackstone. The most, 697, 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 New South Wales, at 2.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,966
Queensland 474
Victoria 216
South Australia 166
Western Australia 87
Tasmania 83
ACT (Canberra) 1
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Blackstone,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Blackstone
    William Blackstone 1723–1780 · judge
  • Timothy Blackstone
    Timothy Blackstone 1829–1900
  • Julia M. Blackstone
    Julia M. Blackstone 1829–1872
  • Eleanore Blackstone
    Eleanore Blackstone 1837–1913 · artist
  • William Eugene Blackstone
    William Eugene Blackstone 1841–1935 · pastor
  • Milton Blackstone 1894–1974 · musician

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 Blackstone,
in the records of 6 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 States271 records

271 records of the Blackstone name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 116
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 53
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 39
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 31
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 18
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Hobart D. Blackstone

    Born 1910 in Minnesota. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Snelling; filling station attendant. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1894 aboard the New York from Southampton, aged 21; tailor. From Russia; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Lionel E. Blackstone

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1943, died 2001; buried at Washington Memory Gardens, Homewood, Illinois.

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

Showing 3 of 271 records for Blackstone 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands119 records

119 records of the Blackstone name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 71
  • Dutch population registers 48
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Cornelia Blackstone

    Born 1855 in Dordrecht. Married in 1886 in Rotterdam. Died 1919 in Doorwerth, aged 64.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Rivierenland (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Johan Blackstone

    Born 1917 in Amersfoort. Died 1918 in Amersfoort.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Johan Blackstone

    In the population register of Nijkerk; smith, born in Amersfoort.

    Open Archives, Archief Eemland (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 119 records for Blackstone in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Australia37 records

37 records of the Blackstone name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 15
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 9
  • Tasmanian Names Index 7
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 5
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 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 William Blackstone

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Mariner, arriving 1816; certificate of freedom 1829.

    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 Elizth Blackstone

    Arrived in Victoria in 1856 aboard the White Star, aged 23; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John Roy Blackstone

    Of W Footscray, Victoria; died 1986.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 37 records for Blackstone in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · 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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Blackstone name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Thomas Elmer Blackstone

    Died 1902; 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 Thomas Blackstone

    Died 1912 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Isaac Blackstone

    Listed at Barrington, Shelburne, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1827.

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

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · 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).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Blackstone name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 1
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record F. Blackstone

    Gunner, Royal Field Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record L. W. Blackstone

    King's (Liverpool Regiment). Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Blackstone in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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).

France1 record

1 record of the Blackstone 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 Maurice Henri Isidore Blackstone

    Born 1909 in Paris; died 1971 in Montfermeil (Seine-Saint-Denis).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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).

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