The Felts surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,621 people carried this name — #5,267 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 44,600 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (6,652).

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In print

Felts in American newspapers,
1839–1929.

Newspaper page from Spirit Of Kosciusko carrying the name Felts
Spirit Of Kosciusko 1839-05-18
Newspaper page from The Daily Worker carrying the name Felts
The Daily Worker 1929-08-14
Newspaper page from The Butte Daily Bulletin carrying the name Felts
The Butte Daily Bulletin 1920-08-13

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

In print

Felts in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1970s.

326 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Felts. The most, 81, 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 2.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 138
New South Wales 83
Queensland 37
Western Australia 32
South Australia 23
Tasmania 11
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Felts,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Felts 1866–1932 · businessperson
  • Virginia Felts 1908–2002
  • Gerardine Felts 1916–2005 · botanical collector
  • Bobby Felts 1942–1987 · American football player

Wikidata (CC0).

In the public record

People named Felts,
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 States356 records

356 records of the Felts name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 237
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 85
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 10
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 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 Raymond R. Felts

    Born 1931; from Southampton County, Virginia. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1951 in South Korea. Buried at Chesapeake Memorial Gardens, Virginia.

    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 Clarence C. Felts

    Born 1921 in Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Roanoke; construction worker from Carroll County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Alamance Memorial Park, Burlington, North Carolina.

    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 Theodore Felts

    Arrived at New York in 1871 aboard the Batavia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 35; joiner. From the Netherlands.

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

Showing 3 of 356 records for Felts 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 · 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, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · 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).

Netherlands17 records

17 records of the Felts name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 8
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 7
  • Dutch population registers 2
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Willemijn Felts

    Born 1812 in Wageningen. Married in 1836 in Renkum.

    Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Adriaentje Felts

    Baptised in 1647 in Breda.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Breda (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Catharina Felts

    Buried in 1796 in Leeuwarden.

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 17 records for Felts 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Australia10 records

10 records of the Felts name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 7
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Aaron Felts

    Tailor of Elwood, Victoria; died 1953.

    Public Record Office Victoria (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 George Felts

    Arrived in Victoria in 1911 aboard the Commonwealth, aged 32.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Hannah Felts

    Born 1888 in Evandale, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 10 records for Felts 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: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Felts 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 H. Felts

    Driver, Royal Garrison Artillery. 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).

France1 record

1 record of the Felts 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 Michel Lucien Isidore Felts

    Born 1901 in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne); died 1975 in Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

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).

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