The Causey surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,387 people carried this name — #3,171 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 25,900 people counted. That is up 3% from 11,061 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Causey surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘at the causeway’.

His entry covers Cosway, Causey and Cawsey.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 207 · public domain.

In print

Causey in American newspapers,
1908–1916.

Newspaper page from The Cairo Bulletin carrying the name Causey
The Cairo Bulletin 1908-02-13
Newspaper page from The Daily Journal carrying the name Causey
The Daily Journal 1916-11-22
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Causey
The Birmingham Age-herald 1908-12-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 37,735 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Causey in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

256 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Causey. The most, 64, date from the 1900s. 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 Victoria, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 109
Victoria 82
Western Australia 23
Queensland 19
South Australia 16
Tasmania 5

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

Who carried it

People named Causey,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Peter F. Causey
    Peter F. Causey 1801–1871 · politician
  • John W. Causey
    John W. Causey 1841–1908 · lawyer
  • Lewis Dean Causey 1883–1964 · naval officer
  • Lillian Causey 1889–1949 · artist
  • Red Causey 1893–1960 · baseball player
  • David Causey 1899–1983 · zoologist

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 Causey,
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 States466 records

466 records of the Causey name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 328
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 115
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ben Elmore Causey

    Born 1945; from Choctaw, Alabama. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Phong Dinh, South Vietnam. Buried at Mobile National Cemetery, Alabama.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George Causey

    Born 1922 in Georgia. Enlisted 1941 at Fort McPherson Atlanta; farm hand from Worth County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Evergreen Baptist Cemetery, Sylvester, Georgia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Margret Causey

    Arrived at New York in 1848 aboard the Yorkshire from Liverpool, aged 20; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 466 records for Causey in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia14 records

14 records of the Causey name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 12
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  • Tasmanian Names Index 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 John Causey

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Equestrian, sailing from London in 1844. Native of Devon.

    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 Sarah Causey

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 aboard the Donald Mackay, aged 24; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (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 John Causey

    Arrived in Queensland in 1886 aboard the Roma.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Causey in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Causey name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 3
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Frederick Causey

    Died 1865 in Prospect, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record William Henry Causey

    Married 1905 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 6 records for Causey in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Causey 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 Theodore Roosevelt Causey

    Died 1968 in Rotterdam, aged 68.

    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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