The Goodell surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,607 people carried this name — #7,240 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,574 in 2000.

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In print

Goodell in American newspapers,
1846–1888.

Newspaper page from The Sully County Watchman carrying the name Goodell
The Sully County Watchman 1888-12-01
Newspaper page from Anti-slavery Bugle carrying the name Goodell
Anti-slavery Bugle 1846-09-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 52,090 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Goodell in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1970s.

82 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Goodell. The most, 14, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 32
Queensland 17
Victoria 12
Tasmania 7
Western Australia 6
South Australia 5
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Goodell,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Goodell
    William Goodell 1792–1878 · politician
  • William Goodell
    William Goodell 1792–1867 · missionary
  • Lemuel Goodell
    Lemuel Goodell 1800–1897 · politician
  • Roswell Eaton Goodell
    Roswell Eaton Goodell 1825–1903 · businessperson
  • Abner Cheney Goodell
    Abner Cheney Goodell 1831–1914 · lawyer
  • Richard Goodell 1784–1826 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Goodell,
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 States429 records

429 records of the Goodell name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 163
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 86
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 84
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 70
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 13
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 9
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • 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 Robert R. Goodell

    Born 1913 in California. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Macarthur San Pedro; bookkeeper. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1996, buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

    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 Jimmy Leon Goodell

    Born 1949; from Sand Springs, Oklahoma. U.S. Marine Corps, wireman; died in service 1970 in Quang Nam, 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 Alfred Goodell

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the City of Rome from Moville, aged 62; dentist. From Glasgow; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 429 records for Goodell in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · 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).

Australia4 records

4 records of the Goodell name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record J. Goodell

    Australian Infantry. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 1 of 4 records for Goodell in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Goodell name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Florence Goodell

    Buried in 1996 at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mary Elizabeth Goodell

    Died 1966 in Mahone Bay, Lunenburg, 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. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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