The Boardman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,938 people carried this name — #5,823 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,800 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (5,928).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Boardman surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as an occupational name: ‘the boardman’.

An early record he cites: Samuel Bordman, Norwich, 1657 — History of Norfolk (Blomefield and Parkin).

His entry covers Boardman and Bordman.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 114 · public domain.

In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 23 people named Boardman.

11 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 11
Paris 4
Nord 3
Gironde 2
Charente-Maritime 1
Dordogne 1
Seine-Saint-Denis 1

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Boardman was found among the farmers of 2 counties.

It was most frequent in Lancashire: 17 in every 10,000 farmers there — about 1 in 588. Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Lancashire 17
Lincolnshire 8

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

107 families named Boardman, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 612 people lived in those households, 5.7 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 42
Connecticut 34
Vermont 11
New York 8
New Hampshire 6
Pennsylvania 2
North Carolina 2
Maine 1
Virginia 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. 230 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Boardman in American newspapers,
1919–1921.

Newspaper page from The Mahoning Dispatch carrying the name Boardman
The Mahoning Dispatch 1921-05-20
Newspaper page from The Mahoning Dispatch carrying the name Boardman
The Mahoning Dispatch 1920-09-24
Newspaper page from The Mahoning Dispatch carrying the name Boardman
The Mahoning Dispatch 1919-06-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 128,038 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Boardman in Australian newspapers,
1820s–2000s.

18,504 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Boardman. The most, 3,728, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in the Australian Capital Territory, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 10,537
Victoria 4,278
Queensland 1,464
South Australia 998
Western Australia 586
ACT (Canberra) 369
Tasmania 225
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Boardman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Langley Boardman d. 1833 · architect
  • Mary Boardman d. 1878
  • Kay Patricia Faulkner d. 2008
  • Andrew Boardman 1550–1639 · vicar
  • Isaac Boardman 1642–1719
  • Samuel Boardman 1668–1732

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Boardman,
in the records of 7 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 States960 records

960 records of the Boardman name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 238
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 223
  • Other U.S. records 499
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Michael Kenneth Boardman

    Born 1948; from Sikeston, Missouri. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Missouri Veterans Cemetery At Bloomfield, Missouri.

    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 Bradford A. Boardman

    Born 1920 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island; route man from Suffolk County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Johann Boardman

    Arrived at New York in 1851 aboard the Coreolanus from Liverpool, aged 21; laborer. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 960 records for Boardman in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Australia434 records

434 records of the Boardman name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 191
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 93
  • Other Australian records 150
  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 John Boardman

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Lord Melville, arriving 1830; ticket of leave 1836. Native of Blackburn.

    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 Francis Boardman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1856 aboard the Marco Polo, aged 4; 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 Leslie Stephen M. Boardman

    Retired farmer of Colac, Victoria; died 1983.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 434 records for Boardman 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) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (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).

United Kingdom31 records

31 records of the Boardman name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 28
  • Welsh wills index cards 3
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Joseph Boardman

    Will proved in 1935; of Atherton, Lancaster.

    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 R. Boardman

    Manchester Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Bertha Jessie Boardman

    Will proved in 1940; of Rhos On Sea, Denbigh.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)

Showing 3 of 31 records for Boardman 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).

Canada27 records

27 records of the Boardman name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 9
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 8
  • Other Canadian records 10
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Boardman

    Came to Ontario in 1881 aboard the Circassian, landing at Halifax, bound for Merriton, 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 Florence Boardman

    Buried in 1975 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 101.

    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 George Arthur Boardman

    Died in service in 1917.

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

Showing 3 of 27 records for Boardman in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). 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).

France12 records

12 records of the Boardman 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 Jean Henri Boardman

    Born 1931 in Périgueux (Dordogne); died 2000 in Nevers (Nièvre).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Henriette Marguerite Boardman

    Born 1901 in La Rochelle (Charente-Maritime); died 1974 in Lons-le-Saunier (Jura).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Robert Alfred Boardman

    Born 1895 in Lille (Nord); died 1973 in Sioniac (Corrèze).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 12 records for Boardman in France.

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).

New Zealand9 records

9 records of the Boardman name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Eliza Kate Boardman

    Died 1933, aged 58; buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Arthur George Boardman

    Died 1931, aged 72; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Wilfred Boardman

    Died 1994, aged 76; buried at Avonhead Memorial Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Boardman in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Boardman name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register John William Boardman

    In a population register; born 1876.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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