The Blow surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,590 people carried this name — #9,100 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 82,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,479 in 2000.

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In print

Blow in American newspapers,
1863–1878.

Newspaper page from The White Mountain Echo And Tourist's Register carrying the name Blow
The White Mountain Echo And Tourist's Register 1878-08-10
Newspaper page from M'arthur Democrat carrying the name Blow
M'arthur Democrat 1863-10-29
Newspaper page from New-york Daily Tribune carrying the name Blow
New-york Daily Tribune 1863-10-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,429 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Blow in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1990s.

13,461 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Blow. The most, 2,721, 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 8,829
Victoria 1,801
Queensland 1,276
South Australia 633
Tasmania 592
Western Australia 269
ACT (Canberra) 36
Northern Territory 6

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

Who carried it

People named Blow,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Blow
    John Blow 1649–1708 · composer
  • John Blow
    John Blow 1649–1708 · composer
  • Henry Taylor Blow
    Henry Taylor Blow 1817–1875 · politician
  • Susan Blow
    Susan Blow 1843–1916 · educator
  • Thomas Blow
    Thomas Blow 1862–1932 · politician
  • John Grant Blow d. 1917 · fishmonger

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 Blow,
in the records of 5 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 States393 records

393 records of the Blow name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 127
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 80
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 71
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 52
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 31
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 28
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • 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 George W. Blow

    Born 1917 in Texas. Enlisted 1940 at Houston; apprentice electrician from Harris County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1972, buried at Houston National Cemetery, 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 Rex P. Blow

    Born 1931; from Lapeer County, Michigan. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in North Korea.

    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 Rachel Blow

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the Washington from Liverpool, aged 15; servant. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 393 records for Blow in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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).

Australia244 records

244 records of the Blow name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 119
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 79
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 16
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 15
  • Tasmanian Names Index 12
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 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 Henry Blow

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Portland, arriving 1832; ticket of leave 1837.

    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 John Blow

    Arrived in Victoria in 1860 aboard the Dover Castle, aged 34; 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 Charles Blow

    Gardener of East Murchison, Victoria; died 1881.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 244 records for Blow in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). 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).

Canada33 records

33 records of the Blow name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 20
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 5
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jas Blow

    Came to Ontario in 1871 aboard the Medway, landing at Quebec, bound for Weston, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Lillian Maggie Blow

    Buried in 1987 at Union Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 78.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record James Blow

    Died in service in 1919.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 33 records for Blow in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom10 records

10 records of the Blow name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 9
  • Welsh wills index cards 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John Thomas Blow

    Will proved in 1926; of Glamorgan.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record E. Blow

    York and Lancaster Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

    Lincolnshire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 10 records for Blow in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Blow name in the Netherlands Dutch church registers before 1811
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Hendrina Blow

    Married in 1713 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

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).

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