The Quackenbush surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,164 people carried this name — #7,947 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,900 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,163).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Quackenbush surname

Americanized spelling of Dutch Quackenbosch, a habitational surname from quaak (“swamp”) + bosch (“woodland”).

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Quackenbush» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In print

Quackenbush in American newspapers,
1901–1920.

Newspaper page from The Butte Inter Mountain carrying the name Quackenbush
The Butte Inter Mountain 1901-09-24
Newspaper page from Evening Capital And Maryland Gazette carrying the name Quackenbush
Evening Capital And Maryland Gazette 1912-01-01
Newspaper page from The News Scimitar carrying the name Quackenbush
The News Scimitar 1920-10-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,021 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Quackenbush in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1960s.

79 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Quackenbush. The most, 39, date from the 1950s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 7.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 52
New South Wales 6
Queensland 6
Victoria 6
South Australia 3
ACT (Canberra) 2
Tasmania 1

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

Who carried it

People named Quackenbush,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John A. Quackenbush
    John A. Quackenbush 1828–1908 · politician
  • Matilda Maranda Crawford
    Matilda Maranda Crawford 1844–1920 · writer
  • Bill Quackenbush
    Bill Quackenbush 1922–1999 · ice hockey player
  • Max Quackenbush
    Max Quackenbush 1928–2020 · ice hockey player
  • Henry Quackenbush 1847–1933 · businessperson
  • Leopold Schuyler Quackenbush 1878–1959 · biologist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 19 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Quackenbush,
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 States818 records

818 records of the Quackenbush name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 287
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 218
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 174
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 87
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 29
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 22
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Ronald G. Quackenbush

    Born 1906 in New Jersey. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco, California; railroad clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1954, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    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 Donald J. Quackenbush

    Born 1930; from Onondaga County, New York. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    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 Lyman Quackenbush

    Arrived at New York in 1878 aboard the City of Richmond from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 30; laborer. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 818 records for Quackenbush 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). 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 Quackenbush name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 6
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 2
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Grace Quackenbush

    Died 1962; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Anna Quackenbush

    Buried in 1919 at Fairview Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Ontario.

    City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls.
  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 William Robert Quackenbush

    Died in service in 1917.

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

Showing 3 of 10 records for Quackenbush in Canada.

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

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