The Settles surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,137 people carried this name — #5,656 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 48,100 people counted. That is up 8% from 5,678 in 2000.

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In print

Settles in American newspapers,
1916–1921.

Newspaper page from The Weekly Corinthian carrying the name Settles
The Weekly Corinthian 1916-02-17
Newspaper page from The Anderson News carrying the name Settles
The Anderson News 1921-12-22

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

In print

Settles in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1970s.

635 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Settles. The most, 98, date from the 1930s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 243
Victoria 141
South Australia 82
Queensland 81
Western Australia 41
Tasmania 31
ACT (Canberra) 11
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Settles,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ron Settles 1959–1981 · American football player

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

In the public record

People named Settles,
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 States302 records

302 records of the Settles name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 195
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 94
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 7
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • 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 John H. Settles

    Born 1915 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; porter from Jefferson County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at New Albany National Cemetery, Indiana.

    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 Gerald A. Settles

    Born 1933; from Morrow County, Oregon. U.S. Army, light weapons infantry leader; killed in action 1952 in North 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 Magdalena Settles

    Arrived at New York in 1891 aboard the Werkendam from Rotterdam, aged 54. From Pittsburg, Germany; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 302 records for Settles 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, 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Settles name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Agnes S. Settles

    Married 1889 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Settles name in Australia NSW convict, estate and railway indexes
  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 George Settles

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Asia, arriving 1828; certificate of freedom 1834.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Counts: 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).

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