The Blakeslee surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,561 people carried this name — #9,165 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 82,600 people counted. That is up 11% from 3,199 in 2000.

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In print

Blakeslee in American newspapers,
1897–1909.

Newspaper page from The Ely Miner carrying the name Blakeslee
The Ely Miner 1897-01-27
Newspaper page from The Bemidji Daily Pioneer carrying the name Blakeslee
The Bemidji Daily Pioneer 1909-04-28
Newspaper page from The Bemidji Daily Pioneer carrying the name Blakeslee
The Bemidji Daily Pioneer 1906-03-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 42,330 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Blakeslee in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1940s.

168 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Blakeslee. The most, 95, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 3.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 62
Queensland 46
South Australia 25
Victoria 22
New South Wales 9
Tasmania 2

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

Who carried it

People named Blakeslee,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Dennis A. Blakeslee
    Dennis A. Blakeslee 1856–1933 · politician
  • Ephraim Blakeslee 1838–1911 · politician
  • Erastus Blakeslee 1838–1908 · military officer
  • Theron J. Blakeslee 1853–1914 · art dealer
  • Fred Gilbert Blakeslee 1868–1942 · writer
  • George Hubbard Blakeslee 1871–1954 · professor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Blakeslee,
in the records of 2 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 States309 records

309 records of the Blakeslee name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 129
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 60
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 57
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 53
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • 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 Keith W. Blakeslee

    Born 1921 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Pueblo, Colorado; farmer from Chaffe County, Colorado. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1992, buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    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 Thomas Wayne Blakeslee

    Born 1947; from Medina, Ohio. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, 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 Theron Blakeslee

    Arrived at New York in 1877 aboard the Algeria from Liverpool, aged 26; picture dealer.

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

Showing 3 of 309 records for Blakeslee in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Blakeslee name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Sarah Jane Blakeslee

    Died 1910 in Acaciaville, Digby, 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. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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