The Helsel surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,641 people carried this name — #8,986 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 81,300 people counted. That is up 14% from 3,207 in 2000.

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In print

Helsel in American newspapers,
1904–1920.

Newspaper page from The Lambertville Record carrying the name Helsel
The Lambertville Record 1913-04-03
Newspaper page from The Caucasian carrying the name Helsel
The Caucasian 1904-08-04
Newspaper page from The Liberal Democrat carrying the name Helsel
The Liberal Democrat 1920-04-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 2,447 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Helsel,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Robert G. Helsel 1916–2014 · mathematician

Wikidata (CC0) · 2 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Helsel,
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 States143 records

143 records of the Helsel name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 92
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 23
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Steven Y. Helsel

    Born 1925 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1943 at New York City; clerk from New York County, New York. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1985, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Lena Helsel

    Arrived at New York in 1848 aboard the Wichelhausen from Rotterdam, aged 15; farmer. From Twello, the Netherlands.

    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 Paul Elroy Helsel

    Born 1945; from Youngstown, Ohio. U.S. Army, infantryman; died in an accident 1966 in South Vietnam.

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

Showing 3 of 143 records for Helsel 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Helsel name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 1
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Thérèse Helsel

    Married in 1810 in Maastricht; born 1791 in Nancij.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Hendrika Helsel

    In the population register of Apeldoorn; born 1804 in Twello.

    Open Archives, CODA (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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