The Bussey surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,219 people carried this name — #4,880 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 7,063 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bussey surname

Habitational surname of Norman origin, from any of various places in Normandy called Boucé or Bucy.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Bussey» (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: ‘de Bussey’.

An early record he cites: Hugo de Bussey, Lincolnshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 151 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

35 families named Bussey, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 211 people lived in those households, 6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 5 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Maryland 10
South Carolina 7
Massachusetts 6
Rhode Island 3
Virginia 3
New York 2
North Carolina 2
Connecticut 1
Pennsylvania 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 232 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Bussey in American newspapers,
1897–1898.

Newspaper page from Rock Springs Miner carrying the name Bussey
Rock Springs Miner 1897-04-15
Newspaper page from Rock Springs Miner carrying the name Bussey
Rock Springs Miner 1898-02-17
Newspaper page from Rock Springs Miner carrying the name Bussey
Rock Springs Miner 1897-03-04

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 36,423 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bussey in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

2,791 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bussey. The most, 656, 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 Queensland, at 3.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 2,091
New South Wales 339
South Australia 119
Victoria 90
Tasmania 83
Western Australia 65
ACT (Canberra) 1
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Bussey,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Benjamin Bussey
    Benjamin Bussey 1757–1842 · politician
  • Benjamin Bussey
    Benjamin Bussey 1757–1842 · politician
  • Judith Gay Bussey
    Judith Gay Bussey 1762–1849
  • Benjamin Bussey
    Benjamin Bussey 1781–1808
  • Cyrus Bussey
    Cyrus Bussey 1833–1915 · lawyer
  • Catherine Fenn 1610–1674

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 Bussey,
in the records of 6 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 States492 records

492 records of the Bussey name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 246
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 100
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 65
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 29
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 27
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 20
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Donald E. Bussey

    Born 1923 in Ohio. Enlisted 1943 at Columbus; shipping clerk from Fairfield County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Fairmount Cemetery, Newark, Ohio.

    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 Marvin William Bussey

    Born 1947; from Jacksontown, Ohio. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Long An, South Vietnam.

    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 Ferd Bussey

    Arrived at New York in 1887 aboard the Ohio from Liverpool, aged 16; laborer. From Germany; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 492 records for Bussey 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls) · 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); 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).

Australia109 records

109 records of the Bussey name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 35
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 30
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 28
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 9
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 7
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Lily Rosetta May Bussey

    Born 1872 in Westbury, Tasmania. Married 1892 in Longford, Tasmania, aged 19.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. 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 William Bussey

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the John, arriving 1829; ticket of leave 1836. Native of Dartford.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Fredk Bussey

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Agnes Blaikie, aged 37; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 109 records for Bussey in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); 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).

Canada33 records

33 records of the Bussey name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 18
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 10
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Gladys Bussey

    Died 1998, aged 84; buried at Transcona Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Albert James Bussey

    Died 1965 in Sydney, Cape Breton, 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 Jacob Bussey

    Died in service in 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 33 records for Bussey in Canada.

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. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. 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 Kingdom9 records

9 records of the Bussey 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 J. Bussey

    Machine Gun Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record S. Bussey

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

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

Showing 2 of 9 records for Bussey in the United Kingdom.

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).

France2 records

2 records of the Bussey name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Aime Pierre Joseph Bussey

    Born 1931 in Vitrey-sur-Mance; died 1987 in Vesoul (Haute-Saône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Genevieve Marthe Marie Bussey

    Born 1930 in Oyonnax (Ain); died 1995 in Saint-Julien-en-Genevois (Haute-Savoie).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Bussey name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Caecilia Bussey

    Died 1855 in Leeuwarden, aged 57.

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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