The Godsey surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,826 people carried this name — #5,914 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 50,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,756 in 2000.

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In print

Godsey in American newspapers,
1913–1925.

Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Godsey
El Paso Herald 1913-11-19
Newspaper page from New Britain Herald carrying the name Godsey
New Britain Herald 1925-07-21
Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Godsey
El Paso Herald 1913-11-17

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

In print

Godsey in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1900s.

24 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Godsey. The most, 12, date from the 1860s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 11
Queensland 4
Victoria 4
South Australia 2
Tasmania 2
Western Australia 1

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

In the public record

People named Godsey,
in the records of 2 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 States304 records

304 records of the Godsey name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 209
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 80
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Frederick Godsey

    Born 1942; from Humboldt, Kansas. U.S. Army, infantry unit commander; killed in action 1967 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Scott National Cemetery, Kansas.

    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 Monroe H. Godsey

    Born 1919 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Haleys Grove Cemetery, Crossville, Tennessee.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Abraham Guy Godsey

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1886, died 1961; buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

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

Showing 3 of 304 records for Godsey 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Godsey name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record E. A. Godsey

    Arrived in Victoria in 1922 aboard the Orvieto, aged 59.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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