The Gaskins surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,414 people carried this name — #3,428 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,300 people counted. That is up 6% from 9,869 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Gaskins surname

Plural form of Gaskin.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Gaskins» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

54 families named Gaskins, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 316 people lived in those households, 5.9 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 7 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

North Carolina 20
Virginia 18
South Carolina 9
New Hampshire 3
Pennsylvania 3
Maryland 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. 241 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Gaskins in American newspapers,
1864–1879.

Newspaper page from The New Orleans Daily Democrat carrying the name Gaskins
The New Orleans Daily Democrat 1879-07-04
Newspaper page from The New Orleans Daily Democrat carrying the name Gaskins
The New Orleans Daily Democrat 1879-07-27
Newspaper page from The Greenville Advocate carrying the name Gaskins
The Greenville Advocate 1864-01-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 24,547 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Gaskins in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1960s.

56 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Gaskins. The most, 17, date from the 1870s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 25
Victoria 16
Queensland 9
ACT (Canberra) 2
South Australia 2
Tasmania 2

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

Who carried it

People named Gaskins,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Cornelia Gaskins Harcum
    Cornelia Gaskins Harcum 1878–1927 · archaeologist
  • Cornelia Gaskins Harcum
    Cornelia Gaskins Harcum 1881–1927 · archaeologist
  • Anne Gaskins 1742–1796
  • Peadar Gaskins 1908–1949 · association football player
  • Donald Henry Gaskins 1933–1991 · serial killer

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 Gaskins,
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 States545 records

545 records of the Gaskins name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 305
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 169
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 39
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 14
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Louis J. Gaskins

    Born 1924 in Maryland. Enlisted 1943 at Boston, Massachusetts; welder. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1976, buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Eliza Gaskins

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the William D. Sewall from Liverpool, aged 15; seamstress. From Ireland; bound for Boston.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Webber J. Gaskins

    Born 1930; from Berkeley County, South Carolina. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; killed in action 1951 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 545 records for Gaskins 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia15 records

15 records of the Gaskins name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 13
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 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 Richard Gaskins

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Lloyds, arriving 1833; ticket of leave 1842.

    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 Mary Gaskins

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Mercurius, aged 35; 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 Arthur A. Gaskins

    Gentleman of Malvern, Victoria; died 1925.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 15 records for Gaskins in Australia.

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

Canada6 records

6 records of the Gaskins name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 4
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John W. Gaskins

    Died 1921 in Georges River, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Roy Gaskins

    Died 1917; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record James Gaskins

    Married 1865 in Londonderry, Colchester, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 6 records for Gaskins in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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