The Cassady surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,519 people carried this name — #7,369 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,400 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,362 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

36 families named Cassady, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 194 people lived in those households, 5.4 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 11 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

Virginia 15
New York 8
Pennsylvania 4
Maryland 4
South Carolina 3
Massachusetts 2

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. 233 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Cassady in American newspapers,
1896–1917.

Newspaper page from The Lancaster Gazette carrying the name Cassady
The Lancaster Gazette 1907-08-07
Newspaper page from The Barre Daily Times carrying the name Cassady
The Barre Daily Times 1917-02-15
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Cassady
The Salt Lake Herald 1896-09-09

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 12,997 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Cassady in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

1,373 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cassady. The most, 447, date from the 1930s. Queensland 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 Western Australia, at 3.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 677
Western Australia 412
Victoria 182
New South Wales 66
South Australia 20
Tasmania 14
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Cassady,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Howard Cassady
    Howard Cassady 1934–2019 · baseball player
  • Harry Cassady 1880–1969 · baseball player
  • Ralph Cassady 1900–1978 · management professor
  • Ann Virginia Cassady 1909– · painter
  • Carolyn Cassady 1923–2013 · writer
  • Neal Cassady 1926–1968 · writer

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 Cassady,
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 States469 records

469 records of the Cassady name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 157
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 91
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 73
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 66
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 60
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 13
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Noble M. Cassady

    Born 1913 in Wisconsin. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles, California; painter. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Desert View Memorial Park, Victorville, California.

    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 Mary Cassady

    Arrived at New York in 1849 aboard the Fidelia from Liverpool, aged 30; servant. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Richard Michael Cassady

    U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1947, died 1987; buried at Fort Jackson National Cemetery, South Carolina.

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

Showing 3 of 469 records for Cassady in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · 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. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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).

Australia40 records

40 records of the Cassady name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 14
  • Tasmanian Names Index 10
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 9
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 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 James Cassady

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Marquis of Wellington, arriving 1815; certificate of freedom 1828.

    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 Henry Cassady

    Arrived in Victoria in 1886 aboard the Cuzco, aged 19; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William Cassady

    Farmer of Warrnambool, Victoria; died 1931.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 40 records for Cassady in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada20 records

20 records of the Cassady name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 8
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 4
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 3
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Elias James Cassady

    Buried in 1979 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 89.

    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 Richard Cassady

    Died 1867 in Dartmouth, Halifax, 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 Thomas Edward Cassady

    Died in service in 1917.

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

Showing 3 of 20 records for Cassady in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · 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. · 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).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Cassady name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record William James Cassady

    Born 1909 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: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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