The Parkhurst surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,708 people carried this name — #6,024 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 51,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,667 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Parkhurst surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘at the park hurst’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 584 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

69 families named Parkhurst, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 395 people lived in those households, 5.7 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 4 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

Massachusetts 31
Vermont 18
New Hampshire 9
Connecticut 7
New York 2
Pennsylvania 2

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

Parkhurst in American newspapers,
1895–1906.

Newspaper page from The Courier-journal carrying the name Parkhurst
The Courier-journal 1906-02-04
Newspaper page from The Republican carrying the name Parkhurst
The Republican 1895-07-25
Newspaper page from The Pioneer Press carrying the name Parkhurst
The Pioneer Press 1900-03-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 79,955 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Parkhurst in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

1,153 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Parkhurst. The most, 224, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 438
Victoria 263
Queensland 208
South Australia 90
Tasmania 77
Western Australia 62
Northern Territory 7
ACT (Canberra) 5

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

Who carried it

People named Parkhurst,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Mary Heblethwayte
    Mary Heblethwayte 1749–1815
  • Percy Parkhurst d. 1846 · naval officer
  • Charles D Parkhurst d. 1931
  • Eleanor Parkhurst d. 1639
  • Elizabeth Parkhurst d. 1705
  • Maria Ann Georgiana Parkhurst d. 1821

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 Parkhurst,
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 States546 records

546 records of the Parkhurst name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 187
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 110
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 89
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 83
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 47
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 24
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Vincent Bertram Parkhurst

    Born 1934; from Chicago, Illinois. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Binh Thuan, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    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 Loren H. Parkhurst

    Born 1905 in Kansas. Enlisted 1942 at Portland, Oregon; construction worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1971, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    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 George Parkhurst

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Britannic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 58; farmer. From Kent, England; bound for Michigan.

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

Showing 3 of 546 records for Parkhurst 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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) · 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).

Australia107 records

107 records of the Parkhurst name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 47
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 40
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 13
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 6
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record James Parkhurst

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Lady Eveline, aged 33; 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 Abraham T. Parkhurst

    Carpenter of Sth Yarra, Victoria; died 1925.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Richard Parkhurst

    Left Launceston in 1854 aboard the Black Swan, bound for Melbourne, as crew.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 107 records for Parkhurst in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). 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); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

Canada8 records

8 records of the Parkhurst name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 5
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Gertrude Angela Parkhurst

    Died 1977; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  2. 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 Parkhurst

    Died in service in 1916.

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

    Died in service in 1943.

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

Showing 3 of 8 records for Parkhurst in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · 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); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

United Kingdom5 records

5 records of the Parkhurst name in the United Kingdom St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Ann Parkhurst

    Buried in 1853 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 36.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing 1 of 5 records for Parkhurst in the United Kingdom.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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