The Rossman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,498 people carried this name — #6,220 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 53,800 people counted. That is up 6% from 5,198 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Rossman surname

Variant of Rossmann.

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

In the first U.S. census, 1790

21 families named Rossman, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 109 people lived in those households, 5.2 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 5 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 14
South Carolina 3
North Carolina 2
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. 259 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Rossman in American newspapers,
1908–1914.

Newspaper page from The Port Gibson Reveille carrying the name Rossman
The Port Gibson Reveille 1914-12-03
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Rossman
The Salt Lake Herald 1908-10-13
Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Rossman
The Topeka State Journal 1908-10-12

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 20,056 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Rossman in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1960s.

401 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Rossman. The most, 71, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 2.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 93
New South Wales 84
Victoria 81
Queensland 69
South Australia 49
Tasmania 21
Northern Territory 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Rossman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Claude Rossman
    Claude Rossman 1881–1928 · baseball player
  • George Rossman
    George Rossman 1885–1967 · judge
  • Jan Rossman
    Jan Rossman 1916–2003 · engineer
  • Mary Anne Rossman d. 1856
  • Alina Rossman 1905–1948
  • Moerita Helen Taylor 1916–

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 Rossman,
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 States662 records

662 records of the Rossman name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 225
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 182
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 73
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 70
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 58
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 54
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Richard J. Rossman

    Born 1905 in Illinois. Enlisted 1942 at Chicago; warehouseman from Cook County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1966, buried at Rock Island National Cemetery, Illinois.

    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 Hermann Rossman

    Arrived at New York in 1890 aboard the Russia from Hamburg, aged 27; laborer. From Wittenborg, Saxony, Germany; bound for Baltimore.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record George Henry Rossman

    U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Born 1897, died 1974; buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 662 records for Rossman in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia30 records

30 records of the Rossman name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 22
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 6
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Martha Rossman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Cambridge, as an infant; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Heinrich Rossman

    Naturalised in Queensland in 1900.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Kate Rossman

    Married 1884 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 24.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 30 records for Rossman in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). 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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Netherlands5 records

5 records of the Rossman name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch population registers 2
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 2
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Johannes Bernardus Rossman

    Died 1955 in Rotterdam, aged 67.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Dorothea Jacoba Paulina Rossman

    Married in 1881 in Amsterdam.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Gustav Rossman

    In the population register of Amsterdam; born 1877 in Mulheim.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Amsterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 5 records for Rossman in the Netherlands.

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

France1 record

1 record of the Rossman name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Signe Maria Rossman

    Born 1942 in Russia; died 1992 in Uzès (Gard).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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