The Brownfield surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,067 people carried this name — #8,153 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 72,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,013 in 2000.

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In print

Brownfield in American newspapers,
1895–1927.

Newspaper page from The Kansas State Ledger carrying the name Brownfield
The Kansas State Ledger 1895-05-17
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Brownfield
The Washington Times 1927-11-10
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Brownfield
The Washington Times 1927-12-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 19,385 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Brownfield in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

1,048 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Brownfield. The most, 293, 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 2.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 485
New South Wales 297
Western Australia 175
Queensland 42
Tasmania 22
South Australia 20
ACT (Canberra) 3
Northern Territory 2

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

In the public record

People named Brownfield,
in the records of 4 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 States250 records

250 records of the Brownfield name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 156
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 57
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 22
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Paul O. Brownfield

    Born 1922 in Wyoming. Enlisted 1944 at Denver, Colorado; auto mechanic from Teton County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Riverton, Wyoming.

    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 William Brownfield

    Arrived at New York in 1879 aboard the Celtic from Liverpool, aged 24; farmer. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Jimmy Wesley Brownfield

    U.S. Navy veteran. Born 1948, died 1974; buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

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

Showing 3 of 250 records for Brownfield 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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).

Australia70 records

70 records of the Brownfield name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 37
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 30
  • Ballarat Avenue of Honour, First World War 1
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  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 Brownfield

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the General Stewart, arriving 1818; ticket of leave 1839.

    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 Saml Brownfield

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 aboard the Marco Polo, aged 27; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record Ernest Brownfield

    Enlisted in 1915 with the 14th Battalion; killed in action. Honoured on the Ballarat Avenue of Honour.

    City of Ballarat, Avenue of Honour Plaques (CC BY 3.0 AU)

Showing 3 of 70 records for Brownfield in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · City of Ballarat, Avenue of Honour Plaques (CC BY 3.0 AU) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

Canada8 records

8 records of the Brownfield name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 3
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Rachael Brownfield

    Buried in 1966 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 77.

    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 Thomas Robert Brownfield

    Died in service in 1942.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Frederick Brownfield

    Married 1879 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 8 records for Brownfield in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · 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. · 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); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Brownfield name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record James Brewster Brownfield

    Married in 1945 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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