The Broadwater surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,667 people carried this name — #8,925 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 80,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,563 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Broadwater surname

As an English and Welsh surname

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

An early record he cites: (Dominus) de Brawatere, Sussex, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 136 · public domain.

In print

Broadwater in American newspapers,
1888–1928.

Newspaper page from The Guernsey Gazette carrying the name Broadwater
The Guernsey Gazette 1928-06-01
Newspaper page from The Lusk Herald-standard carrying the name Broadwater
The Lusk Herald-standard 1926-03-04
Newspaper page from The Daily Morning Astorian carrying the name Broadwater
The Daily Morning Astorian 1888-03-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 31,037 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Broadwater in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

934 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Broadwater. The most, 185, 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 New South Wales, at 2.1 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 677
Queensland 151
Victoria 85
Western Australia 14
ACT (Canberra) 5
South Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Broadwater,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas Broadwater 1935–2022 · politician
  • Tommie Broadwater 1942–2023 · businessperson
  • W. Craig Broadwater 1950–2006 · lawyer

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Broadwater,
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 States185 records

185 records of the Broadwater name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 135
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 40
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Thomas G. Broadwater

    Born 1930; from Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, welder; killed in action 1950 in South Korea. Buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.

    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 Glen D. Broadwater

    Born 1916 in Maryland. Enlisted 1941 at Baltimore; driver from Garrett County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1994, buried at Crownsville Veterans Cemetery, Maryland.

    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 . Thomas H. Broadwater

    Arrived at New York in 1883 aboard the Servia from Liverpool, aged 26; merchant.

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

Showing 3 of 185 records for Broadwater 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Broadwater name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record A. E. Broadwater

    Died 1906; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Counts: 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).

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