The Ingersoll surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,388 people carried this name — #5,449 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 6,344 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Ingersoll surname

As an English and Welsh surname

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

His entry covers Ingersoll, Ingersaul and Inkersoll.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 415 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

72 families named Ingersoll, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 413 people lived in those households, 5.7 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 5 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 39
New York 15
Connecticut 11
Maine 5
Pennsylvania 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

Ingersoll in American newspapers,
1865–1917.

Newspaper page from Blue-grass Blade carrying the name Ingersoll
Blue-grass Blade 1908-08-09
Newspaper page from Columbia Phoenix carrying the name Ingersoll
Columbia Phoenix 1865-05-11
Newspaper page from Tonopah Daily Bonanza carrying the name Ingersoll
Tonopah Daily Bonanza 1917-07-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 168,347 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Ingersoll in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

1,386 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ingersoll. The most, 374, date from the 1940s. 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 the Australian Capital Territory, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 563
South Australia 229
Victoria 216
Queensland 158
Tasmania 75
Western Australia 71
ACT (Canberra) 47
Northern Territory 3

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

Who carried it

People named Ingersoll,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Jared Ingersoll
    Jared Ingersoll 1749–1822 · judge
  • Charles Jared Ingersoll
    Charles Jared Ingersoll 1782–1862 · writer
  • Joseph Reed Ingersoll
    Joseph Reed Ingersoll 1786–1868 · lawyer
  • Jonathan Ingersoll 1681–1760
  • Lydia Ingersoll 1727–1804
  • Jonathan Ingersoll 1747–1823 · judge

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 Ingersoll,
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 States725 records

725 records of the Ingersoll name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 215
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 184
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 137
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 108
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 43
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 32
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Philip E. Ingersoll

    Born 1924 in California. Enlisted 1943 at San Francisco; construction worker from Humboldt County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Ocean View Cemetery, Eureka, California.

    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 David Paul Ingersoll

    Born 1948; from Waltham, Massachusetts. U.S. Marine Corps, combat engineer; killed in action 1969 in Quang Nam, 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 George P. Ingersoll

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Aurania from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 34; lawyer. From London; bound for Connecticut.

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

Showing 3 of 725 records for Ingersoll in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (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. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls). 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).

Canada12 records

12 records of the Ingersoll name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 5
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Royce Jensen Ingersoll

    Buried in 1989 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 49.

    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 Samuel Ingersoll

    Died 1924 in Berwick, Kings, 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 James Hamilton Ingersoll

    Died in service in 1916.

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

Showing 3 of 12 records for Ingersoll in Canada.

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

Australia8 records

8 records of the Ingersoll name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 4
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thos Ingersoll

    Arrived in Victoria in 1858 aboard the F P Sage.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Horton Tom Ingersoll

    Died 1929 in Saltwater River, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Violet Anna Grace Ingersoll

    Will registered in Tasmania in 1959.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Ingersoll in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

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