The Burchfield surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,612 people carried this name — #5,274 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 44,600 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (6,628).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Burchfield surname

Topographic surname, from Old English birċe (“birch”) + feld (“open country”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Burchfield» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Burchfield in American newspapers,
1910–1920.

Newspaper page from Polk County News carrying the name Burchfield
Polk County News 1920-09-30
Newspaper page from The Chattanooga News carrying the name Burchfield
The Chattanooga News 1918-03-30
Newspaper page from The Hawaiian Gazette carrying the name Burchfield
The Hawaiian Gazette 1910-08-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Burchfield in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1970s.

1,269 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Burchfield. The most, 279, date from the 1940s. 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 2.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,159
Victoria 79
ACT (Canberra) 14
South Australia 10
Queensland 4
Northern Territory 1
Tasmania 1
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Burchfield,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles E. Burchfield
    Charles E. Burchfield 1893–1967 · artist
  • Louise H. Burchfield 1888–1982 · curator
  • Robert Burchfield 1923–2004 · lexicographer
  • Martha Burchfield Richter 1924– · painter

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Burchfield,
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 States315 records

315 records of the Burchfield name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 212
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 85
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Clair M. Burchfield

    Born 1905 in Iowa. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Dodge Herrold; clerk from Polk County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1970, buried at Keokuk National Cemetery, Iowa.

    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 Joe Stuart Burchfield

    Born 1946; from Limestone, Maine. U.S. Army, air observation pilot; died of wounds 1971 in Quang Tri, 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 William R. Burchfield

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1951, died 2001; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 315 records for Burchfield 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 · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). 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).

Australia10 records

10 records of the Burchfield name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 4
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Eliza Burchfield

    Arrived in Victoria in 1858 aboard the Sydenham, aged 40; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (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 Samuel Burchfield

    Arrived in Queensland in 1866 aboard the Eastern Empire, aged 25.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record James Burchfield

    Of Deniliquin, New South Wales; died 1924.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Burchfield in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada4 records

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

    Buried in 1987 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 69.

    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 Joseph Burchfield

    Died 1973 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 53.

    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 Robert Lytle Burchfield

    Died in service in 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Burchfield in Canada.

Counts: Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. 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 Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Burchfield name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record L. Burchfield

    Driver, Royal Field Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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