The Bostick surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,957 people carried this name — #4,460 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,000 people counted. That is up 5% from 7,614 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bostick surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Bostock’.

His entry covers Bostock and Bostick.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 120 · public domain.

In print

Bostick in American newspapers,
1897–1913.

Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call And Post carrying the name Bostick
The San Francisco Call And Post 1913-12-24
Newspaper page from The National Tribune carrying the name Bostick
The National Tribune 1897-06-17
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Bostick
New-york Tribune 1905-08-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 19,507 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bostick in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

219 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bostick. The most, 56, date from the 1930s. Queensland 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 Tasmania, at 4.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 66
Tasmania 55
New South Wales 49
Victoria 37
South Australia 10
ACT (Canberra) 1
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Bostick,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William A. Bostick 1913–2007 · artist
  • Winston H. Bostick 1916–1991 · physicist
  • Cynthia Bostick 1952–2023 · television actor

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bostick,
in the records of 4 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 States521 records

521 records of the Bostick name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 266
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 152
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 48
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 23
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 17
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 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 Leroy Bostick

    Born 1917 in Florida. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Blanding; auto mechanic from Levy County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Florida National Cemetery, Florida.

    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 John Bostick

    Born 1930; from Chatham County, Georgia. 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 Elizabeth Bostick

    Arrived at New York in 1856 aboard the Ashburton from Liverpool, aged 21; dressmaker. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 521 records for Bostick 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) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Bostick name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Ernest Alfred Gloyn Bostick

    Died 1973 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 77.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Shirley Elizabeth Bostick

    Married 1945 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 2 of 4 records for Bostick in Canada.

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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Bostick name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Isaac Bostick

    Arrived in Victoria in 1879 aboard the Hankow, aged 28.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Thos Bostick

    Seaman aboard the Gainsborough, Queensland in 1885.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record William Bostick

    Left Launceston in 1852 aboard the Sea Witch, bound for Melbourne.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Bostick name in the United Kingdom St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Jane Bostick

    Buried in 1813 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 47.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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