The Bushman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,981 people carried this name — #6,771 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,200 people counted. That is up 9% from 4,566 in 2000.

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In print

Bushman in American newspapers,
1882–1918.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Bushman
The Washington Times 1918-06-09
Newspaper page from The Kenosha Telegraph carrying the name Bushman
The Kenosha Telegraph 1882-12-22
Newspaper page from The Telegraph-courier carrying the name Bushman
The Telegraph-courier 1908-09-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 26,424 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bushman in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1970s.

2,519 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bushman. The most, 599, date from the 1880s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Tasmania, at 7.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 1,245
New South Wales 445
Victoria 237
South Australia 234
Queensland 220
Western Australia 128
ACT (Canberra) 6
Northern Territory 3

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

Who carried it

People named Bushman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Francis X. Bushman
    Francis X. Bushman 1883–1966 · screenwriter
  • Francis X. Bushman, Jr.
    Francis X. Bushman, Jr. 1903–1978 · actor
  • Abraham Bushman 1767–1852
  • Leslie Lampson 1909–
  • Bruce Bushman 1911–1972 · art director
  • Belinda Jane Bushman 1933–2019

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bushman,
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 States436 records

436 records of the Bushman name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 161
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 115
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 60
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 51
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 27
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 17
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert G. Bushman

    Born 1921 in South Dakota. Enlisted 1941 at Minneapolis, Minnesota; painter from Hennepin County, Minnesota. U.S. Army veteran; died 1983, buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    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 Warren Mitchell Bushman

    Born 1932; from Navajo County, Arizona. U.S. Army, heavy weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Anna Bushman

    Arrived at New Orleans in 1846 aboard the Peter Hattrick from Bremen, aged 42; farmer. From Germany.

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

Showing 3 of 436 records for Bushman in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia63 records

63 records of the Bushman name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 37
  • Tasmanian Names Index 18
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 6
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Fanny Kathleen Bushman

    Died 1910 in St John St, Launceston, Tasmania. Will registered in Tasmania in 1910.

    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 Edwd Bushman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1886 aboard the Austral, as an infant; English.

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

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1860.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 63 records for Bushman in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Bushman name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Jacob Bushman

    Buried in 1987 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Olga Elaine Bushman

    Born 1912 in Nictaux Falls, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.

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

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · 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).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Bushman 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 G. N. Bushman

    Second Lieutenant. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Bushman name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Eleanor Clara Bushman

    In a population register.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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Surnames next to Bushman.

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