The Ensley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,055 people carried this name — #8,174 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,000 people counted. That is up 9% from 3,716 in 2000.

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In print

Ensley in American newspapers,
1897–1927.

Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Ensley
New-york Tribune 1897-06-17
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Ensley
Evening Star 1927-03-21
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Ensley
The Washington Times 1911-10-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 62,779 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Ensley in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1970s.

157 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ensley. The most, 27, date from the 1940s. 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 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 60
Victoria 40
Queensland 23
South Australia 19
Western Australia 8
Tasmania 7

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

Who carried it

People named Ensley,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Wilma Evangeline Ensley 1907– · writer
  • Grover W. Ensley 1915–2000 · economist
  • Gerald Ensley 1951–2018

Wikidata (CC0) · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ensley,
in the records of 3 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 States230 records

230 records of the Ensley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 146
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 47
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 23
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John H. Ensley

    Born 1924 in Ohio. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Blanding, Florida; farm hand from Orange County, Florida. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1944, buried at Camp Nelson National Cemetery, Kentucky.

    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 Ronald John Ensley

    Born 1948; from Murfreesboro, Tennessee. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Binh Long, 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 James Ensley

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the Manhattan from Liverpool, aged 18; boiler maker. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 230 records for Ensley in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Ensley name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record David Ensley

    Left Hobart in 1829 aboard the Amethyst, bound for Port Jackson.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Ensley in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Ensley name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Andrew Ensley

    Listed at Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1791.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Eleanor Ensley

    Married 1830 in Hants, Nova Scotia.

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

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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