The Ingalls surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,453 people carried this name — #5,394 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 45,700 people counted. That is up 3% from 6,264 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Ingalls surname

From Ingall + -s.

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

In the first U.S. census, 1790

176 families named Ingalls, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 987 people lived in those households, 5.6 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 13 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

Massachusetts 57
Pennsylvania 46
New Hampshire 25
New York 11
Maine 10
Connecticut 10
Vermont 4
Maryland 4
Virginia 4
North Carolina 3
South Carolina 2

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. 247 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Ingalls in American newspapers,
1888.

Newspaper page from Weekly Courier-journal carrying the name Ingalls
Weekly Courier-journal 1888-05-07
Newspaper page from Belmont Chronicle carrying the name Ingalls
Belmont Chronicle 1888-05-10

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

In print

Ingalls in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

481 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ingalls. The most, 242, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 148
Queensland 109
Victoria 82
Western Australia 58
South Australia 47
Tasmania 28
ACT (Canberra) 5
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Ingalls,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Joshua K. Ingalls
    Joshua K. Ingalls 1816–1899
  • Rufus Ingalls
    Rufus Ingalls 1818–1893 · military officer
  • Thomas Ingalls
    Thomas Ingalls 1824–1896 · politician
  • Ephraim Alfred Ingalls
    Ephraim Alfred Ingalls 1826–1882 · politician
  • Daniel Bowman Ingalls
    Daniel Bowman Ingalls 1829– · politician
  • Edmund Ingalls 1598–1648

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ingalls,
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 States621 records

621 records of the Ingalls name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 229
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 118
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 114
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 100
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 43
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 14
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • 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 R. Ingalls

    Born 1912 in Minnesota. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Snelling; driver from Hennepin County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1977, buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Benjamin Harrison Ingalls

    Born 1947; from Austin, Indiana. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Ingalls

    Arrived at New York in 1878 aboard the City of Chester from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 28; laborer. From England.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)

Showing 3 of 621 records for Ingalls in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada13 records

13 records of the Ingalls name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 8
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 3
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Lester Ingalls

    Died 1909; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. 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 Ernest Ingalls

    Died in service in 1916.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record John Ingalls

    Married 1867 in New Glasgow, Pictou, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 13 records for Ingalls in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia6 records

6 records of the Ingalls name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Jno H. Ingalls

    Arrived in Victoria in 1879 aboard the Catherine Sudden.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mss Ingalls

    Sailed from Victoria in 1896 aboard the Stuttgart, bound for Sydney, aged 14.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 6 records for Ingalls in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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