The Cauley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,491 people carried this name — #7,413 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 65,800 people counted. That is up 5% from 4,272 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

47 families named Cauley, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 264 people lived in those households, 5.6 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

South Carolina 16
Virginia 7
Maryland 5
New York 4
Pennsylvania 4
New Hampshire 3
Massachusetts 3
Vermont 2
Maine 1
Rhode Island 1
Connecticut 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. 233 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Cauley in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

13,145 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cauley. The most, 2,131, date from the 1950s. 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 Australian Capital Territory, at 2.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 7,579
Queensland 2,020
Victoria 1,579
South Australia 797
ACT (Canberra) 561
Western Australia 343
Tasmania 244
Northern Territory 8

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

Who carried it

People named Cauley,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Troy Jesse Cauley 1902–1990 · economist

Wikidata (CC0) · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Cauley,
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 States416 records

416 records of the Cauley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 156
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 71
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 65
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 53
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 36
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 16
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Edgar L. Cauley

    Born 1918 in Alabama. Enlisted 1942 at Fort McPherson Atlanta, Georgia; farm hand. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Florida National Cemetery, Florida.

    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 Eugene Cauley

    Born 1948; from Pahokee, Florida. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; died in an accident 1969 in Quang Nam, 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 Patrick Cauley

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Germanic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 20; laborer. From Dublin, Ireland; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 416 records for Cauley 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) · 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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).

Australia29 records

29 records of the Cauley name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 14
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 10
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Matilda Elizabeth Cauley

    Born 1862 in Brighton, Tasmania. Died 1885 in Brighton, Tasmania, aged 22.

    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 John Cauley

    Arrived in Victoria in 1859 aboard the Zambesi, aged 34; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. 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 John Cauley

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Hyderabad, sailing from Kingston in 1849. Native of Sligo.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 29 records for Cauley 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) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain).

France7 records

7 records of the Cauley 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 Jeanne Laurence Cauley

    Born 1909 in Frotey-lès-Lure; died 1998 in Roye (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 Jean Andre Cauley

    Born 1914 in Castillon-la-Bataille; died 1994 in Libourne (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  3. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Marie Alphonsine Cauley

    Born 1897 in Frotey-lès-Lure (Haute-Saône); died 1984 in Pont-de-Roide (Doubs).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Cauley in France.

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).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Cauley name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record F.h Cauley

    Came to Ontario in 1870 aboard the Avon, landing at Quebec, bound for Stratford, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. 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 Roger Francis Cauley

    Died in service in 1945.

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

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); 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 Cauley 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 W. Cauley

    Gunner, Royal Fusiliers. 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).

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