The Bottoms surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,357 people carried this name — #7,620 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 67,600 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,363).

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In print

Bottoms in American newspapers,
1893–1923.

Newspaper page from The Neshoba Democrat carrying the name Bottoms
The Neshoba Democrat 1920-10-21
Newspaper page from Casper Daily Tribune carrying the name Bottoms
Casper Daily Tribune 1923-02-09
Newspaper page from Arizona Republican carrying the name Bottoms
Arizona Republican 1893-03-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,210 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bottoms in Australian newspapers,
1850s–2010s.

2,059 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bottoms. The most, 543, 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 Victoria, at 3.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 1,649
New South Wales 208
South Australia 85
Queensland 47
Tasmania 32
Western Australia 22
ACT (Canberra) 10
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Bottoms,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Lynn Bottoms 1933–1995 · Canadian football player
  • John Bottoms 1938–2015 · actor
  • Sam Bottoms 1955–2008 · film producer

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

In the public record

People named Bottoms,
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 States268 records

268 records of the Bottoms name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 157
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 66
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 13
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • 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. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Harold Gene Bottoms

    Born 1948; from Springfield, Illinois. U.S. Army, field artillery basic; killed in action 1969 in Binh Dinh, South Vietnam. Buried at Camp Butler National Cemetery, Illinois.

    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 Lessie P. Bottoms

    Born 1914 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1944 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi; farm hand from Dyer County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1944, buried at Memphis National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 John Bottoms

    Arrived at New York in 1849 aboard the America from Liverpool, aged 48; wool comber. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 268 records for Bottoms in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · 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: 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).

Australia88 records

88 records of the Bottoms name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 41
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 27
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 18
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  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 George Bottoms

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Neva, arriving 1833; certificate of freedom 1841.

    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 Margaret Bottoms

    Arrived in Queensland in 1888 aboard the Dorunda, aged 23.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William Bottoms

    Manager of Eaglehawk, Victoria; died 1899.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 88 records for Bottoms 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). 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).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Bottoms name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Laura Elizabeth Bottoms

    Buried in 1975 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. 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 William Bottoms

    Died in service in 1917.

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

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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 Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Bottoms name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Bottoms

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

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

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

France1 record

1 record of the Bottoms 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 Jeffrey Charles Bottoms

    Born 1928 in the United Kingdom; died 1993 in Lille (Nord).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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).

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