The Musselman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,306 people carried this name — #5,516 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 46,700 people counted. That is down 1% from 6,375 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

33 families named Musselman, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 201 people lived in those households, 6.1 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 6 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

Pennsylvania 30
Virginia 2
Maryland 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. 254 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Musselman in American newspapers,
1903–1912.

Newspaper page from The Calumet News carrying the name Musselman
The Calumet News 1912-11-06
Newspaper page from The Hawaiian Star carrying the name Musselman
The Hawaiian Star 1903-11-17

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

In print

Musselman in Australian newspapers,
1900s–1950s.

66 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Musselman. The most, 32, 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 Queensland, at 3.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 44
New South Wales 10
Victoria 9
Western Australia 2
South Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Musselman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Myra Musselman-Carr 1871–1929 · sculptor
  • Morris McNeil Musselman 1899–1952 · screenwriter
  • Andrew J. Musselman Jr. 1926–1997 · judge
  • Bill Musselman 1940–2000 · basketball coach

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Musselman,
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 States357 records

357 records of the Musselman name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 216
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 82
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 20
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 14
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 13
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 6
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George C. Musselman

    Born 1922 in Missouri. Enlisted 1943 at Portland, Oregon; welder from San Francisco County, California. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1975, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    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 Christ Musselman

    Arrived at New York in 1890 aboard the Waesland from Antwerp, aged 16; laborer. From Knopfhoh, Germany; bound for Peoria.

    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 Joseph Henry Musselman

    Born 1946; from Millville, New Jersey. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1969 in Long Khanh, South Vietnam.

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

Showing 3 of 357 records for Musselman 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Canada20 records

20 records of the Musselman name in Canada
  • City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 17
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Douglas Gordon Musselman

    Buried in 1931 at Mount Hope Cemetery, Waterloo, Ontario.

    Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Hilda Luella Musselman

    Died 1920; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  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 Wesley Ivan Musselman

    Died in service in 1945.

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

Showing 3 of 20 records for Musselman in Canada.

Counts: Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. 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).

Netherlands7 records

7 records of the Musselman name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 5
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Georg Musselman

    Married in 1889 in Amsterdam; stoker.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Joost Musselman

    Married in 1697 in Harlingen.

    Open Archives, AlleFriezen (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Georg Herman Musselman

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1824 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Musselman in the Netherlands.

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); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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