The Osburn surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,549 people carried this name — #4,699 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 39,100 people counted. That is down 2% from 7,673 in 2000.

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In print

Osburn in American newspapers,
1881–1919.

Newspaper page from San Antonio Light And Gazette carrying the name Osburn
San Antonio Light And Gazette 1909-05-09
Newspaper page from The Columbus Dispatch carrying the name Osburn
The Columbus Dispatch 1919-06-04
Newspaper page from New York Dispatch carrying the name Osburn
New York Dispatch 1881-04-03

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,520 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Osburn in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1970s.

563 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Osburn. The most, 118, date from the 1870s. 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 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 319
Victoria 141
Queensland 62
South Australia 18
Tasmania 9
Western Australia 6
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Osburn,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Osburn
    William Osburn 1793–1875 · Egyptologist
  • Lucy Osburn
    Lucy Osburn 1835–1891 · nurse
  • Lucy Osburn
    Lucy Osburn 1835–1891 · nurse
  • Carl Osburn
    Carl Osburn 1884–1966 · military officer
  • unknown Osburn d. 1691
  • William Osburn 1830–1860 · ornithologist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Osburn,
in the records of 5 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 States492 records

492 records of the Osburn name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 263
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 120
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 36
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 27
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 22
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 10
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Fred Harrison Osburn

    Born 1947; from San Diego, California. U.S. Army, infantryman; died in an accident 1968 in Binh Duong, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

    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 Jimmie G. Osburn

    Born 1921 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1942 at Little Rock; farm hand from Washington County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1976, buried at Fort Smith National Cemetery, Arkansas.

    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 Ann Osburn

    Arrived at New York in 1874 aboard the Parthia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 50; matron. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 492 records for Osburn 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Canada18 records

18 records of the Osburn name in Canada
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 8
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 7
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Osburn

    Came to Ontario in 1872 aboard the Nestorian, landing at Quebec, bound for Collingwood, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Minnie Blanche Osburn

    Died 1915 in Sydney, Cape Breton, 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 Owen Dale Osburn

    Died in service in 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 18 records for Osburn in Canada.

Counts: Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · 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: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); 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).

Australia17 records

17 records of the Osburn name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 6
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 4
  • Tasmanian Names Index 4
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record William Osburn

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Pestongee Bomangee, sailing from Plymouth in 1845. Native of Glasgow, Lanarkshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record William Osburn

    Hotelkeeper of Ballarat, Victoria; died 1896.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Olive Osburn

    Arrived in Victoria in 1912 aboard the Wakool, aged 6.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 17 records for Osburn in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

New Zealand9 records

9 records of the Osburn name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Nola Evelyn Osburn

    Died 1995, aged 76; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record George Osburn

    Died 1932, aged 68; buried at Rutherford Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Frederick Everard Osburn

    Died 1968, aged 74; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Osburn in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Osburn name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Margaret Carr Osburn

    Married in 1935 in Naarden.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)

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).

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