The Hollingshead surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,807 people carried this name — #8,639 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 77,500 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (3,804).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hollingshead surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley explains it as ‘of the hollins head’.

His entry covers Hollingshead and Hollinshead.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 393 · public domain.

In print

Hollingshead in American newspapers,
1898–1920.

Newspaper page from The Starkville News carrying the name Hollingshead
The Starkville News 1920-11-05
Newspaper page from Ranche And Range carrying the name Hollingshead
Ranche And Range 1898-10-20
Newspaper page from The Starkville News carrying the name Hollingshead
The Starkville News 1916-03-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,053 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hollingshead in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1950s.

1,076 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hollingshead. The most, 215, date from the 1890s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 392
New South Wales 321
Queensland 139
South Australia 130
Tasmania 48
Western Australia 45

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

Who carried it

People named Hollingshead,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John Hollingshead
    John Hollingshead 1827–1904 · writer
  • Holly Hollingshead
    Holly Hollingshead 1853–1926 · baseball player
  • Elizabeth Okeover 1703–1774
  • Gordon Hollingshead 1892–1952 · actor
  • Richard Hollingshead 1900–1975 · businessperson
  • August de Belmont Hollingshead 1907–1980 · educator

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 Hollingshead,
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 States228 records

228 records of the Hollingshead name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 99
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 46
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 33
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 30
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 11
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William C. Hollingshead

    Born 1920 in California. Enlisted 1940 at San Francisco; driver from Santa Cruz County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1960, 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 George Hollingshead

    Arrived at New York in 1882 aboard the Alaska from Liverpool, aged 44; jeweler. 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 Thomas H. Hollingshead

    U.S. Army veteran of the Spanish–American War. Born 1876, died 1949; buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.

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

Showing 3 of 228 records for Hollingshead 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) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia39 records

39 records of the Hollingshead name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 12
  • Tasmanian Names Index 9
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 8
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 5
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 4
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  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 Joseph Hollingshead

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Waterloo, arriving 1838; ticket of leave 1846.

    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 William Hollingshead

    Arrived in Queensland in 1887 aboard the Eastminster, aged 19.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Charles F. Hollingshead

    Plumber of Deer Park, Victoria; died 1958.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 39 records for Hollingshead in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). 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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada25 records

25 records of the Hollingshead name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 8
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 7
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 5
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 3
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Gertrude Irene Hollingshead

    Buried in 1991 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 88.

    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 William Roy Hollingshead

    Died 1947 in Point Edward, Cape Breton, 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 Roy Hollingshead

    Died in service in 1917.

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

Showing 3 of 25 records for Hollingshead in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. 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).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Hollingshead name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record D. Hollingshead

    Dublin Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record W. Hollingshead

    Lance Corporal, London Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record F. Hollingshead

    Leicestershire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

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

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: 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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