The Boyett surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,465 people carried this name — #7,465 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,200 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,279 in 2000.

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In print

Boyett in American newspapers,
1891–1907.

Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Boyett
The Sun 1907-03-30
Newspaper page from Wheeling Register carrying the name Boyett
Wheeling Register 1891-11-16
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Boyett
Evening Star 1903-09-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 7,008 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Boyett in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1960s.

4,398 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Boyett. The most, 941, 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 Victoria, at 2.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 2,284
Queensland 2,031
New South Wales 34
South Australia 29
Western Australia 10
Tasmania 8
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Boyett,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Boyett
    William Boyett 1927–2004 · actor
  • Theodore Boyett 1912–1987 · head coach

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 4 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Boyett,
in the records of 3 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 States227 records

227 records of the Boyett name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 164
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 48
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Gary Rodney Boyett

    Born 1945; from Pensacola, Florida. U.S. Marine Corps, assaultman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Nam, 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 Thomas C. Boyett

    Born 1923 in Alabama. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Shelby, Mississippi; checker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Meridian Memorial Park, Mississippi.

    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 John David Boyett

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1933, died 2000; buried at Black Hills National Cemetery, South Dakota.

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

Showing 3 of 227 records for Boyett 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. 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).

Australia39 records

39 records of the Boyett name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 32
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 5
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Edward Boyett

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 aboard the Ballarat, aged 9; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Frederick Boyett

    Chemist of Mid Brighton, Victoria; died 1924.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Frederick Boyett

    Took out a mineral lease at Cloncurry, Queensland in 1913.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 39 records for Boyett in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Boyett name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. 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 Albert Edward Boyett

    Died in service in 1914.

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

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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