The Hinshaw surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,466 people carried this name — #7,463 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,200 people counted. That is up 2% from 4,398 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Hinshaw surname

Variant of Henshaw.

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

In print

Hinshaw in American newspapers,
1895–1906.

Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Hinshaw
The Anaconda Standard 1895-10-19
Newspaper page from The Starkville News carrying the name Hinshaw
The Starkville News 1906-03-16
Newspaper page from The Grenada Sentinel carrying the name Hinshaw
The Grenada Sentinel 1906-03-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 16,868 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hinshaw in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1960s.

206 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hinshaw. The most, 81, date from the 1950s. 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 2.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 92
Western Australia 34
Tasmania 33
Queensland 17
South Australia 11
Victoria 11
ACT (Canberra) 7

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

Who carried it

People named Hinshaw,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edmund H. Hinshaw
    Edmund H. Hinshaw 1860–1932 · lawyer
  • William Wade Hinshaw
    William Wade Hinshaw 1867–1947 · opera singer
  • John Carl Williams Hinshaw
    John Carl Williams Hinshaw 1894–1956 · politician
  • Margaret Alice Pery d. 1956
  • Mabel Clyde Hinshaw 1878–1959
  • David Hinshaw 1882–1953

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 Hinshaw,
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 States309 records

309 records of the Hinshaw name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 197
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 78
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 14
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 14
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Hyland G. Hinshaw

    Born 1921 in Missouri. Enlisted 1942 at Los Angeles, California; cook. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1964, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    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 Bryan Hinshaw

    Arrived at New York in 1875 aboard the Abyssinia from Liverpool, aged 27; machinist. From England.

    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 Duane Allen Hinshaw

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1935, died 1985; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 309 records for Hinshaw 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) · 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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).

Australia20 records

20 records of the Hinshaw name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 10
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 6
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John Hinshaw

    Died 1849 in Launceston, Tasmania, aged 46. Will registered in Tasmania in 1849.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Ellen Hinshaw

    Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1850. Married 1850 in Launceston, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Robina Hinshaw

    Arrived in Victoria in 1863 aboard the Great Tasmania, aged 4.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 20 records for Hinshaw in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Hinshaw name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  1. 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 Richard Hinshaw

    Died in service in 1916.

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

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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