The Bradfield surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,288 people carried this name — #7,743 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 69,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,157 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bradfield surname

A habitational surname from Old English.

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

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

An early record he cites: Cecile de Bradefeld, Suffolk, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 127 · public domain.

In print

Bradfield in American newspapers,
1908–1920.

Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Bradfield
The Washington Herald 1908-03-16
Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Bradfield
The Washington Herald 1920-07-11
Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Bradfield
The Washington Herald 1908-03-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 51,341 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bradfield in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

8,592 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bradfield. The most, 1,968, date from the 1920s. New South Wales 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 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 3,056
Queensland 2,604
Victoria 1,024
South Australia 891
Western Australia 733
Tasmania 168
ACT (Canberra) 96
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Bradfield,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Bradfield
    John Bradfield 1867–1943 · engineer
  • John Bradfield d. 1283 · Catholic priest
  • Arthur Bradfield Fairclough 1896–1968 · military personnel
  • Harold Bradfield 1898–1960 · Anglican priest
  • John Ross Bradfield 1899–1983 · chief executive officer
  • Nancy Bradfield 1913–1997 · illustrator

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bradfield,
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 States311 records

311 records of the Bradfield name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 139
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 68
  • Other U.S. records 104
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Gaile L. Bradfield

    Born 1908 in Kansas. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles, California; lineman. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1980, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ann Bradfield

    Arrived at New York in 1846 aboard the Hannah Kerr from Liverpool, aged 19; laborer. From Great Britain.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record James J. Bradfield

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War. Born 1933, died 1999; buried at Sulivan County Infirmary-Liberty Complex, New York.

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

Showing 3 of 311 records for Bradfield 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia139 records

139 records of the Bradfield name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 58
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 41
  • Other Australian records 40
  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 Thomas Bradfield

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Coromandel, sailing from Spithead in 1819. Native of Wiltshire. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1837. Married 1837 in Hobart, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wm S. Bradfield

    Arrived in Victoria in 1887 aboard the Winefred, aged 30; English.

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

    Former horse trainer of Flemington, Victoria; died 1945.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 139 records for Bradfield in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Canada23 records

23 records of the Bradfield name in Canada
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 11
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 4
  • Other Canadian records 8
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Walter Edward Bradfield

    Buried in 1990 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 73.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Teresa Jean Bradfield

    Died 1961 in 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 John Bradfield

    Died in service in 1916.

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

Showing 3 of 23 records for Bradfield in Canada.

Counts: City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. 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).

United Kingdom21 records

21 records of the Bradfield name in the United Kingdom
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 12
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 9
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Mary Bradfield

    Buried in 1792 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 45.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. Bradfield

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

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Joseph Bradfield

    Buried in 1853 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 56.

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

Showing 3 of 21 records for Bradfield in the United Kingdom.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

New Zealand1 record

1 record of the Bradfield name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Charles Bradfield

    Died 1886, aged 25; buried at Addington Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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