The Stansbury surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,152 people carried this name — #6,571 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 57,100 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,957 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

47 families named Stansbury, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 290 people lived in those households, 6.2 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 3 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

Maryland 32
New York 5
North Carolina 4
Pennsylvania 3
Rhode Island 1
Connecticut 1
South Carolina 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. 263 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Stansbury in American newspapers,
1910–1916.

Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Stansbury
The Birmingham Age-herald 1916-08-31
Newspaper page from The Birmingham Age-herald carrying the name Stansbury
The Birmingham Age-herald 1916-09-01
Newspaper page from The Jasper News carrying the name Stansbury
The Jasper News 1910-01-06

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 34,919 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Stansbury in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1960s.

1,686 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Stansbury. The most, 309, 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 South Australia, at 5.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 1,016
New South Wales 415
Queensland 117
Victoria 63
Western Australia 56
Tasmania 13
ACT (Canberra) 4
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Stansbury,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Elijah Stansbury Jr.
    Elijah Stansbury Jr. 1791–1883 · politician
  • Smith Stansbury d. 1864 · bank teller
  • Howard Stansbury 1806–1863 · surveyor
  • Joseph Stansbury 1811–1812
  • Ele Stansbury 1861–1929 · lawyer
  • Franklin W. Stansbury 1871–1943 · photographer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Stansbury,
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 States375 records

375 records of the Stansbury name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 185
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 107
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 51
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 11
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John A. Stansbury

    Born 1923 in District of Columbia. Enlisted 1943 at Fort Myer, Virginia; plumber. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suitland, Maryland.

    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 William H. Stansbury

    Born 1931; from Jackson County, Missouri. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; declared dead 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 Eveline Stansbury

    Arrived at New York in 1882 aboard the Servia from Liverpool, aged 11. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 375 records for Stansbury 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, 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) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Australia26 records

26 records of the Stansbury name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 14
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 7
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  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 William Stansbury

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Isabella, arriving 1832; ticket of leave 1836. Native of London.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Emily Stansbury

    Arrived in Queensland in 1926 aboard the Ormuz, aged 5.

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

    Married 1847 in Launceston, Tasmania, aged 26.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 26 records for Stansbury in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Stansbury name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  1. 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 Cecil Stansbury

    Died in service in 1940.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Jennie Rath Stansbury

    Born 1892 in Harmony, Colchester, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Joseph and others Stansbury

    Named in a Nova Scotia land record for Not Given County, in 1783.

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

Showing 3 of 5 records for Stansbury 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. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

New Zealand1 record

1 record of the Stansbury name in New Zealand Christchurch City cemetery records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Emma Louise Pearl Stansbury

    Died 1988, aged 53; buried at Ruru Lawn, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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