The Huntsman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,187 people carried this name — #7,905 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,400 people counted. That is up 6% from 3,953 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Huntsman surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as an occupational name: ‘the hunt-man’ — the first of the origins he gives.

An early record he cites: Walter Hunteman, Cambridgeshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 409 · public domain.

In print

Huntsman in American newspapers,
1839.

Newspaper page from Southern Argus carrying the name Huntsman
Southern Argus 1839-12-24

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Huntsman in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

2,424 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Huntsman. The most, 522, 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 Victoria, at 2.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 1,480
New South Wales 410
South Australia 297
Queensland 117
Western Australia 57
Tasmania 55
ACT (Canberra) 6
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Huntsman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Benjamin Huntsman 1704–1776 · businessperson
  • Francis Huntsman 1785–1879
  • Adam Huntsman 1786–1879 · lawyer
  • Adam Huntsman 1786–1849 · lawyer
  • Benjamin Huntsman 1820–1893 · cricketer
  • Harry Fitzmaurice Huntsman 1855–1929

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Huntsman,
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 States169 records

169 records of the Huntsman name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 111
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 48
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Alan E. Huntsman

    Born 1902 in Pennsylvania. Enlisted 1942 at Philadelphia; machine shop worker from Bucks County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1965, buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Albert W. Huntsman

    U.S. Army veteran of the Spanish–American War. Born 1870, died 1950; buried at Baltimore National Cemetery, Maryland.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. An Oregon State Board of Health certificate of death, 1910
    Example: U.S. death certificate, 1910
    Death record Edith A. Huntsman

    Died 1965 in New York State, aged 80.

    New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index

Showing 3 of 169 records for Huntsman 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain); Certificate of death, Oregon State Board of Health, 1910, Oregon State Archives (public domain).

Australia56 records

56 records of the Huntsman name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 29
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 24
  • Tasmanian Names Index 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 Jane Huntsman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Hyderabad, aged 31; 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 Charles S. Huntsman

    Chemist of Beulah, Victoria; died 1930.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Robert Huntsman

    Left Launceston in 1852 aboard the Nautilus, bound for Melbourne, as a seaman.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 56 records for Huntsman in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Huntsman name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Elizabeth Jane Huntsman

    Died 1931 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Benjamin A. L. Huntsman

    Married 1900 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 2 of 4 records for Huntsman in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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