The Ousley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,751 people carried this name — #7,048 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 62,100 people counted. That is up 8% from 4,411 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Ousley surname

As an English and Welsh surname

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

His entry covers Ouseley and Ousley.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 576 · public domain.

In print

Ousley in American newspapers,
1918–1919.

Newspaper page from The Carlsbad Current carrying the name Ousley
The Carlsbad Current 1919-04-25
Newspaper page from The Bismarck Tribune carrying the name Ousley
The Bismarck Tribune 1918-02-06
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Ousley
Evening Star 1919-05-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 9,220 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Ousley in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1980s.

493 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ousley. The most, 97, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 285
New South Wales 105
Queensland 32
Tasmania 31
ACT (Canberra) 17
South Australia 15
Western Australia 7

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

Who carried it

People named Ousley,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Harold Ousley 1929–2015 · jazz musician
  • Ross Ousley 1937–1993 · Australian rules football player

Wikidata (CC0) · 3 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ousley,
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 States177 records

177 records of the Ousley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 115
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 55
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John W. Ousley

    Born 1924 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Forrest; porter from Shelby County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1981, buried at Memphis National Cemetery, Tennessee.

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

    Arrived at New York in 1848 aboard the Leonidas from Liverpool, aged 29; farmer and laborer. From Great Britain.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Albert Ousley

    From Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 1950 in North Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 177 records for Ousley 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Australia53 records

53 records of the Ousley name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 28
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 18
  • Tasmanian Names Index 5
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  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 Ann Ousley

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the St Vincent, sailing from London in 1849. Native of Liverpool, Lancashire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Susan Ousley

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 aboard the Investigator, aged 27; English.

    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 Jacob Ousley

    Blacksmith of Tarnagulla, Victoria; died 1877.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 53 records for Ousley in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). 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); 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).

Canada9 records

9 records of the Ousley name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 8
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Georgina Ousley

    Buried in 1943 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 65.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John W. Ousley

    Died 1903 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record William Gore Ousley

    Married 1867 in Upper Stewiacke, Colchester, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 9 records for Ousley in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. 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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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