The Blaisdell surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,852 people carried this name — #8,551 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,300 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (3,859).
What the name means
The meaning of the Blaisdell surname
Habitational surname from a minor place in Cumbria, from the Old Norse personal name Blesi, a byname from blesi (“blaze, white spot”), + dalr (“valley”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Blaisdell» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In print
Blaisdell in American newspapers,
1907–1918.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
In print
Blaisdell in Australian newspapers,
1890s–1950s.
101 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Blaisdell. The most, 29, 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 New South Wales, at 1.3 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Blaisdell.
Who carried it
People named Blaisdell,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hiram W. Blaisdell 1851–1934 · engineer
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Dick Blaisdell 1862–1886 · baseball player -
William Blaisdell 1865–1931 · stage actor -
James A. Blaisdell 1867–1957 · university president -
Daniel Blaisdell 1762–1833 · judge
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Frank Ellsworth Blaisdell 1862–1946 · surgeon
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 Blaisdell,
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 States320 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 136
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 66
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 55
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 43
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 14
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
- Sacramento County historic burials 2
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Theodore W. BlaisdellBorn 1932; from Rusk County, Wisconsin. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1952 in North Korea.
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record James E. BlaisdellBorn 1923 in New Hampshire. Enlisted 1942 at Manchester; apprentice from Strafford County.
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Example: U.S. burial record, 1864 Burial record Richard Lee BlaisdellU.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1949, died 1992; buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
Showing 3 of 320 records for Blaisdell 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).
Canada2 records
- Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
- Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Clayton S. BlaisdellBuried in 1971 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.
City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. -
Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Alonzo James BlaisdellDied 1969 in Pictou, Nova Scotia.
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).
Australia1 record
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Wm BlaisdellArrived in Victoria in 1896 aboard the Australien, aged 30.
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).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Blaisdell.
- Blagojevic 335 · U.S. census
- Blain 4,764 · U.S. census
- Blaine 6,451 · U.S. census
- Blair 78,026 · U.S. census
- Blaire 248 · U.S. census
- Blais 5,718 · U.S. census
- Blaise 2,407 · U.S. census
- Blaising 135 · U.S. census
- Blaize 574 · U.S. census
- Blake 73,797 · U.S. census
- Blakely 11,669 · U.S. census
- Blakeney 4,107 · U.S. census
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