The Cashman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,219 people carried this name — #6,503 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 56,500 people counted. That is up 4% from 5,033 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Cashman surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a name of office: ‘a catchpoll’.

His entry covers Cashman and Casman.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 163 · public domain.

In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890

Ireland registered 16 births for the Cashman name in 1890.

Most were registered in Munster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 700 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. The Registrar-General’s note on the name: “13 in Cork.”

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born, 1890

Munster 16

Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.

In print

Cashman in American newspapers,
1909–1917.

Newspaper page from Cresco Plain Dealer carrying the name Cashman
Cresco Plain Dealer 1917-01-05
Newspaper page from Twice-a-week Plain Dealer carrying the name Cashman
Twice-a-week Plain Dealer 1909-11-30
Newspaper page from Cresco Plain Dealer carrying the name Cashman
Cresco Plain Dealer 1916-06-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,643 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Cashman in Australian newspapers,
1840s–2000s.

10,847 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cashman. The most, 2,696, date from the 1930s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in the Northern Territory, at 20.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 6,286
Queensland 1,748
Victoria 1,272
South Australia 498
Northern Territory 352
Western Australia 337
Tasmania 260
ACT (Canberra) 84

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

Who carried it

People named Cashman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Denis Cashman
    Denis Cashman 1842–1897
  • Ellen (Nellie) Cashman
    Ellen (Nellie) Cashman 1845–1925 · restaurateur
  • Harry Cashman
    Harry Cashman 1869–1912 · actor
  • Ellen Cashman
    Ellen Cashman 1891–1983 · labor leader
  • Jack Cashman
    Jack Cashman 1906–1982 · Australian rules football player
  • John E. Cashman 1865–1946 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Cashman,
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 States1,267 records

1,267 records of the Cashman name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 446
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 297
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 223
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 102
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 66
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 65
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 64
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles B. Cashman

    Born 1921 in Wisconsin. Enlisted 1940 at Hudson; upholsterer from St Croix County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Willow River Cemetery, Hudson, Wisconsin.

    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 Harold Edward Cashman

    Born 1944; from Hatboro, Pennsylvania. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tri, 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 Mary Cashman

    Arrived at New York in 1850 aboard the Princeton from Liverpool, aged 19; domestic. From Cork, Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 1,267 records for Cashman in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · 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).

Australia298 records

298 records of the Cashman name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 132
  • Tasmanian Names Index 68
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 40
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 27
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 21
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 6
  • Canberra cemetery and marriage records 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  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 Bridget Cashman

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Waverley, sailing from London Dublin in 1847. Native of Waterford. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1849.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Sarah Ann Cashman

    Born 1854 in Richmond, Tasmania. Married 1877 in Oatlands, Tasmania, aged 23.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Michael Cashman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 aboard the Donald Mackay, aged 28; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 298 records for Cashman in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). 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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada120 records

120 records of the Cashman name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 105
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 7
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 5
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Margaret Cashman

    Buried in 1974 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 76.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William Randall Cashman

    Died 1949 in Yarmouth, 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 Edward Michael Cashman

    Died in service in 1917.

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

Showing 3 of 120 records for Cashman 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. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). 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 Kingdom4 records

4 records of the Cashman 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 T. Cashman

    Gunner, Royal Field Artillery. 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 J. A. Cashman

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

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

    King's Royal Rifle Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Cashman 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).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the Cashman name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Patrick Cashman

    Died 1913, aged 61; buried at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Frederick Cashman

    Died 1913, aged 61; buried at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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