The Oglesby surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 12,271 people carried this name — #2,919 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 24,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 12,117 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Oglesby surname

As an English and Welsh surname

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

His entry covers Ogleby, Ogilby and Oglesby.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 567 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

36 families named Oglesby, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 199 people lived in those households, 5.5 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 10 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

Virginia 12
North Carolina 9
Pennsylvania 7
South Carolina 5
Massachusetts 1
Connecticut 1
New York 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. 255 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Oglesby in American newspapers,
1884–1915.

Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Oglesby
New-york Tribune 1915-07-13
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Oglesby
Evening Star 1904-11-12
Newspaper page from The Indianapolis Journal carrying the name Oglesby
The Indianapolis Journal 1884-04-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 54,831 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Oglesby in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1950s.

478 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Oglesby. The most, 199, date from the 1850s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 3.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 212
New South Wales 133
Victoria 78
Western Australia 32
Queensland 14
Tasmania 5
ACT (Canberra) 2
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Oglesby,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Richard J. Oglesby
    Richard J. Oglesby 1824–1899 · lawyer
  • Emma Gillett Oglesby
    Emma Gillett Oglesby 1845–1928
  • Washington J. Oglesby
    Washington J. Oglesby 1859–1902 · lawyer
  • Woodson Ratcliffe Oglesby
    Woodson Ratcliffe Oglesby 1867–1955 · lawyer
  • John G. Oglesby
    John G. Oglesby 1873–1938 · politician
  • Samuel Oglesby 1823–1879 · photographer

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 Oglesby,
in the records of 4 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 States672 records

672 records of the Oglesby name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 419
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 187
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 19
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 15
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Ronald Oglesby

    Born 1946; from Baltimore, Maryland. U.S. Army, vehicle materiel supply specialist; died in an accident 1968 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam. Buried at Philadelphia National Cemetery, Pennsylvania.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Augustus G. Oglesby

    Born 1920 in Georgia. Enlisted 1942 at Fort McPherson Atlanta; farm hand from Fulton County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at Macon Memorial Park Cemetery, Georgia.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Joseph Oglesby

    Arrived at New Orleans in 1851 aboard the William Jarvis from Liverpool, aged 21; farmer. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 672 records for Oglesby 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia14 records

14 records of the Oglesby name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 8
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 6
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Richard Oglesby

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Merlin, aged 21; 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 Samuel J. Oglesby

    Baker of Richmond, Victoria; died 1917.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Henry R. Oglesby

    Restaurant keeper of Richmond, Victoria; died 1894.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 14 records for Oglesby 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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Netherlands4 records

4 records of the Oglesby name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 3
  • Dutch population registers 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Earnest Jackson Oglesby

    Married in 1948 in Amersfoort.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Georgiana Oglesby

    Married in 1886 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Willem Oglesby

    Born 1875 in Rotterdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 4 records for Oglesby 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom2 records

2 records of the Oglesby name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  • Welsh wills index cards 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Samuel Oglesby

    Will proved in 1879; of Llandudno, Carnarvon.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record R. Oglesby

    Dragoons. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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