The Spaulding surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 18,902 people carried this name — #1,899 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 15,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 18,527 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Spaulding surname

Variant of Spalding.

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

As an English and Welsh surname

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

An early record he cites: Ralph de Spaldinge, Huntingdonshire, 1273 — Hundred Rolls.

His entry covers Spalding and Spaulding.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 705 · public domain.

In print

Spaulding in American newspapers,
1866–1895.

Newspaper page from Pittsburg Dispatch carrying the name Spaulding
Pittsburg Dispatch 1890-01-31
Newspaper page from Edgefield Advertiser carrying the name Spaulding
Edgefield Advertiser 1866-05-02
Newspaper page from The Watchman And Southron carrying the name Spaulding
The Watchman And Southron 1895-12-18

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

In print

Spaulding in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

1,514 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Spaulding. The most, 307, date from the 1940s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Tasmania, at 13.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 1,154
New South Wales 147
Victoria 76
Queensland 49
Western Australia 34
South Australia 26
ACT (Canberra) 15
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Spaulding,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Elbridge G. Spaulding
    Elbridge G. Spaulding 1809–1897 · lawyer
  • Jacob Spaulding
    Jacob Spaulding 1810–1876
  • Joseph Spaulding Jr. d. 1882
  • Oliver Spaulding 1739–1795
  • John Spaulding 1790–1870 · judge
  • Levi Spaulding 1791–1873 · missionary

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 Spaulding,
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 States1,594 records

1,594 records of the Spaulding name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 650
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 350
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 293
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 216
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 38
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 36
  • Sacramento County historic burials 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Richard Lee Spaulding

    Born 1946; from Englewood, Colorado. U.S. Navy, hospital corpsman; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tri, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado.

    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 Sherman L. Spaulding

    Born 1922 in Texas. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Sam Houston; farm hand from Milam County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II and the Korean War; died 1976, buried at Houston National Cemetery, Texas.

    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 Catherine Spaulding

    Arrived at New York in 1857 aboard the New World from Liverpool, aged 20; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 1,594 records for Spaulding in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls). 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).

Australia276 records

276 records of the Spaulding name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 261
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 8
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Edward Spaulding

    Died 1922 in Public Hospital, Hobart, Tasmania. Will registered in Tasmania in 1922.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Elizabeth Ann Spaulding

    Born 1863 in Glamorgan, Tasmania. Married 1886 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 22.

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

    Arrived in Western Australia in 1844.

    State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 276 records for Spaulding in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Spaulding name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Harry Spaulding

    Died 1910; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Spaulding

    Died 1941 in East Indian Road, Hants, Nova Scotia.

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

    Died in service in 1917.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Spaulding in Canada.

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

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