The Odle surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,984 people carried this name — #8,317 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 74,100 people counted. That is up 2% from 3,895 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Odle surname
Possibly a variant of Odell.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Odle» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In print
Odle in American newspapers,
1927.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 17,746 pages in all carry the name.
In print
Odle in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.
100 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Odle. The most, 23, date from the 1920s. 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 Victoria, at 1.3 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Odle.
Who carried it
People named Odle,
with a public archive behind them.
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Alan Odle 1888–1948 · illustrator -
Alan Odle 1888–1948 · illustrator
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Donald James Odle 1920– · writer
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Don Odle 1920–2002 · baseball coach
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Phil Odle 1942–2006 · American football player
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Odle,
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 States192 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 115
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 42
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 18
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
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Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record Jack W. OdleBorn 1924 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at Dallas; sales clerk from Collin County. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Wilson Chapel Cemetary, McKinney, Texas.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. war memorial War record John Charles OdleBorn 1950; from Litchfield, Illinois. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; died of wounds 1969 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Ossias OdleArrived at New York in 1896 aboard the Patria from Hamburg, aged 25; engraver. From Russia; bound for New York.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 192 records for Odle in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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. 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).
Canada6 records
- Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 5
- City of Calgary cemetery records 1
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Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Georgianna G. OdleDied 1869 in Smith's Cove, Digby, Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. -
Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Ernest E. OdleBuried in 1926 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.
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Example: civil register, 1880 Birth record Jesse Agnes OdleBorn 1873 in Smith Cove, Digby, Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
Showing 3 of 6 records for Odle in Canada.
Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).
France2 records
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Taube OdleBorn 1905 in Russia; died 1999 in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes).
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Example: French death register, 1930 Death record Simone OdleBorn 1928 in Paris; died 1980 in Blois (Loir-et-Cher).
Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).
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