The Boatwright surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,379 people carried this name — #4,790 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 7,063 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Boatwright surname

A surname originating as an occupation.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Boatwright» (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

An early record he cites: John Botewright, master of Corpus Christi College, Cambri, 1474 — History of Norfolk (Blomefield and Parkin).

His entry covers Boatwright, Botwright and Boatright.

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

In print

Boatwright in American newspapers,
1923.

Newspaper page from Casper Daily Tribune carrying the name Boatwright
Casper Daily Tribune 1923-03-24
Newspaper page from Casper Daily Tribune carrying the name Boatwright
Casper Daily Tribune 1923-03-19
Newspaper page from Casper Daily Tribune carrying the name Boatwright
Casper Daily Tribune 1923-03-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,518 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Boatwright in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1980s.

8,835 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Boatwright. The most, 2,740, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Tasmania, at 14.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 7,475
Queensland 713
New South Wales 448
South Australia 61
Victoria 59
Western Australia 58
ACT (Canberra) 9
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Boatwright,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Frederic W. Boatwright
    Frederic W. Boatwright 1868–1951 · educator
  • John B. Boatwright 1881–1965 · politician
  • Gertrude Harris Boatwright Claytor 1888–1973 · poet
  • Gertrude Harris Boatwright Claytor 1889–1973 · poet
  • Helen Boatwright 1916–2010 · opera singer
  • Howard Boatwright 1918–1999 · composer

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 Boatwright,
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 States353 records

353 records of the Boatwright name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 231
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 90
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record George Oliver Boatwright

    Born 1946; from Florence, Mississippi. U.S. Army, infantryman; died in an accident 1970 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam. Buried at Barrancas National Cemetery, Florida.

    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 Henry L. Boatwright

    Born 1911 in Georgia. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Blanding, Florida; driver. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1984, buried at Arlington Memorial Park, Jacksonville, Florida.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record James R. Boatwright

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1951, died 1989; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 353 records for Boatwright 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). 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).

Australia169 records

169 records of the Boatwright name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 130
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 20
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 8
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 6
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 5
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Alfred Boatwright

    Died 1930 in Latrobe, Tasmania. Will registered in Tasmania in 1930.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Mary Ann Boatwright

    Born 1859 in Emu Bay, Tasmania. Married 1886 in Emu Bay, Tasmania, aged 26.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. 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 Francis the younger Boatwright

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Hive, arriving 1834; ticket of leave 1842.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 169 records for Boatwright in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain).

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