The Hartsell surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,040 people carried this name — #8,213 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,919 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Hartsell surname

Variant of Herzel.

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

In print

Hartsell in American newspapers,
1895–1901.

Newspaper page from Fergus County Argus carrying the name Hartsell
Fergus County Argus 1901-06-12
Newspaper page from Fergus County Argus carrying the name Hartsell
Fergus County Argus 1901-06-12
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Hartsell
The Anaconda Standard 1895-11-29

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

In print

Hartsell in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

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

Articles, by state

New South Wales 24
Queensland 3
Tasmania 2
Victoria 2
South Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Hartsell,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Harry Hartsell
    Harry Hartsell 1890–1955 · basketball coach

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Hartsell,
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 States227 records

227 records of the Hartsell name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 151
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 46
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 9
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Robert H. Hartsell

    Born 1902 in Michigan. Enlisted 1942 at Kalamazoo; welder from Cass County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1980, buried at Marion National Cemetery, Indiana.

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

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 1971; buried at Knoxville National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. The receipt card sent under the U.S. Alien Registration Act of 1940
    Example: U.S. alien registration card, 1940s
    Alien registration Sarah E. Hartsell

    Born 1868 in Canada. Registered as a foreign national in Niagara Falls, New York, under the Alien Registration Act of 1940.

    U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain)

Showing 3 of 227 records for Hartsell in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · 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 · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · 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). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Alien Registration Receipt Card, Form AR-3, photo by Bobjgalindo via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Hartsell name in Canada
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Winnifred Hartsell

    Buried in 1983 at Lundys Lane Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  2. 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 Edward Bigiton Hartsell

    Died in service in 1917.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record George Hartsell

    Buried in 1969 at Lundys Lane Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.

Counts: City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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).

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Hartsell.

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