The Edens surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,110 people carried this name — #5,678 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 48,300 people counted. That is up 1% from 6,050 in 2000.

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In print

Edens in American newspapers,
1889.

Newspaper page from Barton County Democrat carrying the name Edens
Barton County Democrat 1889-05-16
Newspaper page from The Iola Register carrying the name Edens
The Iola Register 1889-05-17
Newspaper page from Abilene Weekly Reflector carrying the name Edens
Abilene Weekly Reflector 1889-05-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Edens in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

963 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Edens. The most, 325, 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 Victoria, at 2.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 491
Queensland 191
New South Wales 182
South Australia 36
Western Australia 35
Tasmania 18
ACT (Canberra) 7

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

Who carried it

People named Edens,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William G. Edens
    William G. Edens 1863–1957 · politician
  • Ernst Edens 1876–1944 · cardiologist
  • Henning Edens 1885–1943 · painter
  • Roger Edens 1905–1970 · screenwriter
  • Wilma Ruth Montgomery 1928–2020 · receptionist

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 Edens,
in the records of 7 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 States422 records

422 records of the Edens name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 239
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 82
  • Other U.S. records 101
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jack D. Edens

    Born 1924 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Croft, South Carolina; sales clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Gillespie-Evergreen Cemetery, Brevard, North Carolina.

    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 Reimer Edens

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the Howard from Hamburg, aged 29; farmer. From Schleswig Holstein, Germany; bound for Iowa.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Coleman Edens

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1895, died 1963; buried at Fort Scott National Cemetery, Kansas.

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

Showing 3 of 422 records for Edens in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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. 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); 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).

Netherlands3,117 records

3,117 records of the Edens name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2,568
  • Dutch population registers 423
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 126
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Mense Loedens Edens

    Married in 1832 in Beerta; labourer, born 1802 in Nieuw Beerta (Beerta). Died 1870 in Beerta, aged 68; "daglonersche".

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Pieter Hayo Edens

    Married in 1849 in Ruinen; labourer, born 1819 in Midwolda. Died 1879 in Ruinen, aged 60; labourer.

    Open Archives, Drents Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Anna Christina Edens

    Married in 1888 in Amsterdam; seamstress. Died 1945 in Haarlem, aged 81.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 3,117 records for Edens in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia26 records

26 records of the Edens name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 16
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 5
  • Other Australian records 5
  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 Higgenson Edens

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Roslin Castle, arriving 1833; ticket of leave 1839. Native of Antrim Co.

    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 Fanny Edens

    Arrived in Victoria in 1859 aboard the Lincolnshire, aged 30; English.

    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 Mary Ellen Edens

    Of Nth Blackburn, Victoria; died 1965.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 26 records for Edens in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (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).

Canada13 records

13 records of the Edens name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 9
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  • 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 Thomas John Edens

    Died 1920 in Annapolis, 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 John Francis Edens

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mary Agnes Edens

    Died 1932 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 13 records for Edens in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · 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: 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).

Germany5 records

5 records of the Edens name in Germany Germany's First World War casualty lists, 1914–1919
  1. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Johannes Edens

    From Schleswig. Reported taken prisoner in the Prussian casualty list of 6 August 1915 (Reserve Infantry Regiment No. 224).

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  2. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Karl Edens

    From Altona. Reported dead in the Prussian casualty list of 16 March 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)
  3. A page of the German First World War casualty lists, 18 April 1918
    Example: German casualty list, 1918
    Casualty list Klaus Edens

    From Hollingstedt, Schleswig. Reported wounded in the Prussian casualty list of 9 May 1917.

    Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Edens in Germany.

Counts: Verein für Computergenealogie e.V. (2026). Deutsche Verlustlisten des Ersten Weltkriegs – Datensammlung (Version 1.0), DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18330751 (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Deutsche Verlustlisten, Prussian list 1116, 18 April 1918 (scan via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0).

New Zealand3 records

3 records of the Edens name in New Zealand
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 2
  • Thames-Coromandel District cemetery records 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Edward Cyril Edens

    Buried in 1958 at Totara Memorial Park Cemetery, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato, aged 49.

    Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Edens in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · Thames-Coromandel District 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).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Edens 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 G. H. Edens

    Driver, Royal Horse Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    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. F. Edens

    Lieutenant, Newf.Regt. 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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