The Hartford surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,336 people carried this name — #7,660 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 68,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,260 in 2000.

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In the Nordic population registers

37 people named Hartford is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 37

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Hartford in American newspapers,
1919–1920.

Newspaper page from The Hartford Republican carrying the name Hartford
The Hartford Republican 1919-02-14
Newspaper page from The Hartford Republican carrying the name Hartford
The Hartford Republican 1920-02-27
Newspaper page from The Hartford Republican carrying the name Hartford
The Hartford Republican 1919-02-21

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

In print

Hartford in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1970s.

1,372 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hartford. The most, 526, 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 New South Wales, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 804
Queensland 153
Victoria 131
South Australia 113
Western Australia 110
Tasmania 46
ACT (Canberra) 5
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Hartford,
with a public archive behind them.

  • David Hartford
    David Hartford 1873–1932 · screenwriter
  • Bruce Hartford
    Bruce Hartford 1892–1975 · baseball player
  • Rebecca Sarah Hartford d. 1898
  • William Hartford 1796–1863
  • George Ludlum Hartford 1864–1957 · businessperson
  • John Augustine Hartford 1872–1951 · businessperson

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 Hartford,
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 States487 records

487 records of the Hartford name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 152
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 139
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 67
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 54
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 37
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 22
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 15
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Glen L. Hartford

    Born 1925 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1943 at Wilkes Barre; farm hand from Sullivan County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at West Hills Cemetery, Shunk, Pennsylvania.

    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 Isabella Hartford

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Baltic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 20; servant. From Meath, Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record George W. Hartford

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and the Vietnam War. Born 1934, died 2000; buried at Santa Fe National Cemetery, New Mexico.

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

Showing 3 of 487 records for Hartford 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. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia36 records

36 records of the Hartford name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 15
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 7
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 7
  • Tasmanian Names Index 7
  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 Bridget Hartford

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Margaret, arriving 1839; 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 Hartford

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Thames, aged 26; Irish.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Bartholomew Hartford

    Died 1828 in Launceston, Tasmania, aged 54.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 36 records for Hartford in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada12 records

12 records of the Hartford name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 8
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record William Hartford

    Died 1928 in Bridgetown, Annapolis, 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 Tonya Dawn Delores Hartford

    Buried in 1985 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record K. Hartford

    Central Ontario Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

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

Showing 3 of 12 records for Hartford in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. 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); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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