The Ostrander surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,518 people carried this name — #3,722 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,000 people counted. That is up 3% from 9,274 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

62 families named Ostrander, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 435 people lived in those households, 7 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 3 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

New York 60
Vermont 1
Pennsylvania 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. 256 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Ostrander in American newspapers,
1915.

Newspaper page from The Rice Belt Journal carrying the name Ostrander
The Rice Belt Journal 1915-04-30
Newspaper page from The Grenada Sentinel carrying the name Ostrander
The Grenada Sentinel 1915-02-19
Newspaper page from The Grenada Sentinel carrying the name Ostrander
The Grenada Sentinel 1915-05-14

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

In print

Ostrander in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

63 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ostrander. The most, 28, date from the 1920s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 22
South Australia 11
Queensland 10
Victoria 10
Tasmania 5
Western Australia 3
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Ostrander,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Russell C. Ostrander
    Russell C. Ostrander 1851–1919 · judge
  • Leroy Farrington Ostrander
    Leroy Farrington Ostrander 1872–1926 · teacher
  • Isabel Ostrander
    Isabel Ostrander 1883–1924 · writer
  • Alson Bowles Ostrander 1849–1934
  • John L. Ostrander 1908–1988 · politician
  • Nancy Ostrander 1925–2024 · ambassador

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 22 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ostrander,
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 States1,322 records

1,322 records of the Ostrander name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 442
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 353
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 319
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 146
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 51
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lyle E. Ostrander

    Born 1920 in Wisconsin. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Sheridan, Illinois; driver from Grant County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Boscobel Cemetery, Wisconsin.

    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 Morris Edward Ostrander

    Born 1947; from Gordon, Nebraska. U.S. Army, medium helicopter repairer; died in an accident 1968 in Quang Ngai, South 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 Reverend L. A. Ostrander

    Arrived at New York in 1871 aboard the India from Glasgow and Moville, aged 25; priest. From Carribean Islands, Great Britain.

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

Showing 3 of 1,322 records for Ostrander in the United States.

Counts: 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, 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls) · 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); 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).

Canada10 records

10 records of the Ostrander name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 3
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Allan P. Ostrander

    Buried in 1960 at St. Mary's Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

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

    Died 1940 in Glace Bay, 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 George Ostrander

    Died in service in 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 10 records for Ostrander in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · 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. 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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