The Boutwell surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,654 people carried this name — #7,182 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 63,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,530 in 2000.

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In print

Boutwell in American newspapers,
1892–1922.

Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Boutwell
The Birmingham Age-herald 1922-07-11
Newspaper page from The Beatrice Daily Express carrying the name Boutwell
The Beatrice Daily Express 1892-11-12
Newspaper page from The Evening Missourian carrying the name Boutwell
The Evening Missourian 1919-12-31

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 54,806 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Boutwell in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1960s.

289 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Boutwell. The most, 181, date from the 1870s. Victoria 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 Queensland, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 80
New South Wales 73
Queensland 56
South Australia 55
Tasmania 20
Western Australia 3
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Boutwell,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George S. Boutwell
    George S. Boutwell 1818–1905 · writer
  • Albert Boutwell
    Albert Boutwell 1904–1978 · politician
  • Mary Boutwell 1698–1772
  • G. P. Boutwell 1843– · politician
  • Roswell K. Boutwell 1917–2017 · physician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 6 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Boutwell,
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 States252 records

252 records of the Boutwell name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 176
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 52
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 13
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • 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 Grady C. Boutwell

    Born 1918 in Alabama. Enlisted 1941 at Fort McClellan; farm hand from Pike County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Fort Mitchell National Cemetery, Alabama.

    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 Amos Hayes Boutwell

    Born 1947; from Marianna, Florida. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Robert Price Boutwell

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1931, died 1988; buried at Idaho State Veterans Cemetery, Boise, Idaho.

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

Showing 3 of 252 records for Boutwell in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Boutwell name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Lola M. Boutwell

    Buried in 1989 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 89.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mary Ann Boutwell

    Died 1959 in Cole Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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

    Died in service in 1944.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Boutwell in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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