The Hazelton surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,656 people carried this name — #7,181 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 63,300 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,467 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hazelton surname

An English habitational surname from Old English.

From multiple placenames in England: Hesleden, County Durham, Haselden, Sussex, Haslingden, Lancashire, Hazeldon, Wiltshire, and Hazleton, Gloucestershire. From Old English hæsl (“hazel”) + denu (“valley”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Hazelton» (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

95 families named Hazelton, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 504 people lived in those households, 5.3 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 12 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

New Hampshire 35
Vermont 22
Massachusetts 19
Pennsylvania 5
Connecticut 4
Maine 3
New York 3
Maryland 3
South Carolina 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. 244 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Hazelton in American newspapers,
1881–1906.

Newspaper page from The Butler Weekly Times carrying the name Hazelton
The Butler Weekly Times 1881-12-28
Newspaper page from Weekly Graphic carrying the name Hazelton
Weekly Graphic 1892-05-27
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Hazelton
The Sun 1906-01-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 67,525 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hazelton in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

4,893 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hazelton. The most, 874, date from the 1940s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Tasmania, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 2,736
Tasmania 666
Queensland 563
Victoria 527
South Australia 185
Western Australia 169
ACT (Canberra) 40

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

Who carried it

People named Hazelton,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John W. Hazelton
    John W. Hazelton 1814–1878 · politician
  • Gerry Whiting Hazelton
    Gerry Whiting Hazelton 1829–1920 · lawyer
  • George Cochrane Hazelton
    George Cochrane Hazelton 1832–1922 · lawyer
  • Mary Brewster Hazelton
    Mary Brewster Hazelton 1868–1953 · painter
  • Doc Hazelton
    Doc Hazelton 1876–1941 · baseball player
  • Porter Hazelton 1812–1870 · politician

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 Hazelton,
in the records of 4 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 States593 records

593 records of the Hazelton name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 213
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 146
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 66
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 66
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 56
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 26
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 16
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • 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 Joseph Hazelton

    Born 1923 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Devens; electrician from Suffolk County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery, Massachusetts.

    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 Francis Hazelton

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Majestic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 16; apprentice. From Oldham, England; bound for New York.

    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 Herman Hazelton

    Born 1948; from Forest Hill, Louisiana. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of wounds 1969 in Dinh Tuong, South Vietnam.

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

Showing 3 of 593 records for Hazelton in the United States.

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

Canada113 records

113 records of the Hazelton name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 94
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 6
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 4
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 3
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Kenneth George Hazelton

    Buried in 1988 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 71.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Wilfred Hazelton

    Died 1952 in Windsor, Hants, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  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 Lawrence William Franklin Hazelton

    Died in service in 1944.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 3 of 113 records for Hazelton in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. 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); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia74 records

74 records of the Hazelton name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 46
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 11
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 7
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 7
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jas Hazelton

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 aboard the Oliver Lang, aged 28; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William S. Hazelton

    Metallurgist of Heathcote, Victoria; died 1905.

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

    Of Albion Park, New South Wales; died 1919.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 74 records for Hazelton 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) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom8 records

8 records of the Hazelton name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 5
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 2
  • Stirling Council burial records 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Ellen Hazelton

    Died 1928, aged 50; buried at Bannockburn Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Thomas Hazelton

    Buried in 1851 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 31.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record G. Hazelton

    Labour Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 8 records for Hazelton in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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