The Hollingsworth surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 23,831 people carried this name — #1,504 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 23,294 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Hollingsworth surname

Variant of Hollingworth.

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

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘of Hollingworth’.

An early record he cites: Johannes de Holynworth, 1379 — Poll Tax, West Riding of Yorkshire.

His entry covers Hollingworth, Hollingsworth and Hollinworth.

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

Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Hollingsworth was found among the farmers of 2 counties.

It was most frequent in Derbyshire: 25 in every 10,000 farmers there — about 1 in 400. Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent. His list gives one count for the spellings Hollingsworth and Hollingworth.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Derbyshire 25
Staffordshire 12

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

64 families named Hollingsworth, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 415 people lived in those households, 6.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 7 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

South Carolina 22
Maryland 17
North Carolina 12
Pennsylvania 8
Virginia 4
New York 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. 246 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Hollingsworth in American newspapers,
1923.

Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Hollingsworth
Evening Star 1923-05-13
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Hollingsworth
Evening Star 1923-04-26
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Hollingsworth
Evening Star 1923-04-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 88,112 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Hollingsworth in Australian newspapers,
1830s–2000s.

12,487 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Hollingsworth. The most, 4,385, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Tasmania, at 6.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 4,687
New South Wales 2,195
Queensland 2,072
Victoria 1,678
Western Australia 1,515
South Australia 259
ACT (Canberra) 68
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Hollingsworth,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George Hollingsworth
    George Hollingsworth 1813–1882 · painter
  • Thekla Hollingsworth d. 1971 · poet
  • Margaret Selby Montfort d. 1876
  • Alexander Thomas Hollingsworth d. 1929
  • Nathaniel John Hollingworth 1771–1839 · writer
  • Anne Sword Dorsey Hollingsworth 1786–1861

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 Hollingsworth,
in the records of 6 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 States1,517 records

1,517 records of the Hollingsworth name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 854
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 328
  • Other U.S. records 335
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Henry Q. Hollingsworth

    Born 1917 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jackson Columbia; textile mill worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Greenwood Memorial Gardens, South Carolina.

    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 Richard Hollingsworth

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Majestic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 23; farm laborer. From Chester, England; bound for Philadelphia.

    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 Don Ray Hollingsworth

    Born 1948; from Ft Worth, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tin, South Vietnam.

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

Showing 3 of 1,517 records for Hollingsworth in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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).

Australia513 records

513 records of the Hollingsworth name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 189
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 143
  • Other Australian records 181
  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 Thomas Hollingsworth

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the John Barry, sailing from London in 1834. Native of Cheshunt, Hertfordshire. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1843.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Annie Harriett Hollingsworth

    Died 1930 in Launceston, Tasmania. Will registered in Tasmania in 1930.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mary Ann Hollingsworth

    Born 1845 in Launceston, Tasmania. Died 1884 in Launceston, Tasmania, aged 40.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 513 records for Hollingsworth in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · ACT Government, Transport Canberra and City Services (CC BY 4.0) · 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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada187 records

187 records of the Hollingsworth name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 165
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 7
  • Other Canadian records 15
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William G. Hollingsworth

    Buried in 1917 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 35.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Elkanah Primrose Hollingsworth

    Died 1967 in Liverpool, Queens, 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 George Edward Hollingsworth

    Died in service in 1944.

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

Showing 3 of 187 records for Hollingsworth 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 Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. 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 Kingdom15 records

15 records of the Hollingsworth 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 S. H. Hollingsworth

    Machine Gun Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    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 L. W. Hollingsworth

    Middlesex Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    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 H. E. Hollingsworth

    Royal Garrison Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

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

Showing 3 of 15 records for Hollingsworth in the United Kingdom.

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).

New Zealand2 records

2 records of the Hollingsworth name in New Zealand
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record John Hollingsworth

    Died 1920, aged 35; buried at Linwood Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record G. O. Hollingsworth

    New Zealand Infantry. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

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

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Hollingsworth name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Lyle Wilfred Hollingsworth

    Married in 1945 in Winschoten; farmer.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (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).

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