The Olmstead surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,021 people carried this name — #4,430 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 36,800 people counted. That is up 2% from 7,859 in 2000.

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In print

Olmstead in American newspapers,
1909.

Newspaper page from Hot Springs Weekly Star carrying the name Olmstead
Hot Springs Weekly Star 1909-08-20
Newspaper page from The Times And Democrat carrying the name Olmstead
The Times And Democrat 1909-07-03
Newspaper page from The Western News carrying the name Olmstead
The Western News 1909-12-08

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

In print

Olmstead in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1970s.

187 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Olmstead. The most, 43, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 80
Victoria 27
Queensland 22
South Australia 21
Western Australia 14
Tasmania 12
ACT (Canberra) 3
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Olmstead,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mary Olmstead Stanton
    Mary Olmstead Stanton 1837–1914 · writer
  • Charles H. Olmstead
    Charles H. Olmstead 1837–1926 · military officer
  • Charles Tyler Olmstead
    Charles Tyler Olmstead 1842–1924 · cleric
  • Elizabeth Olmstead d. 1643
  • Joseph Olmstead 1654–1726 · deacon
  • Hawley Olmstead 1793–1868 · politician

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 Olmstead,
in the records of 2 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 States926 records

926 records of the Olmstead name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 279
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 270
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 194
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 123
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 42
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6
  • Sacramento County historic burials 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Leonard B. Olmstead

    Born 1917 in New York. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jay Governors Island; electrician from Nassau County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at Calverton National Cemetery, New York.

    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 Stanley Edward Olmstead

    Born 1933; from Marshall, Oklahoma. U.S. Navy, pilot; declared dead 1965 in North 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 Charles Olmstead

    Arrived at New York in 1872 aboard the Calabria from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 35; merchant.

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

Showing 3 of 926 records for Olmstead 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · 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).

Canada67 records

67 records of the Olmstead name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 34
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 16
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 6
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 5
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 4
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Charles K. Olmstead

    Died 1969, aged 86; buried at St. Vital Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Ephraim Olmstead

    Died 1873 in Mill Village, Queens, 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 George Tait Olmstead

    Died in service in 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 67 records for Olmstead in Canada.

Counts: 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. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · 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).

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