The Steelman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,964 people carried this name — #6,796 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,500 people counted. That is up 6% from 4,685 in 2000.

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In print

Steelman in American newspapers,
1904–1922.

Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Steelman
The Montgomery Advertiser 1904-07-26
Newspaper page from The Jasper News carrying the name Steelman
The Jasper News 1920-12-02
Newspaper page from The Rock Island Argus And Daily Union carrying the name Steelman
The Rock Island Argus And Daily Union 1922-02-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 21,873 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Steelman in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1960s.

353 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Steelman. The most, 178, date from the 1940s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Western Australia, at 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 110
Queensland 80
Victoria 57
Western Australia 50
Tasmania 27
South Australia 20
ACT (Canberra) 5

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

Who carried it

People named Steelman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John R. Steelman
    John R. Steelman 1900–1999 · politician
  • Farmer Steelman 1875–1944 · baseball player
  • Glenn Steelman 1901– · television director

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 Steelman,
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 States279 records

279 records of the Steelman name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 188
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 52
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 22
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Louesa L. Steelman

    Born 1909 in Missouri. Enlisted 1943 in the Women's Army Corps at Chicago, Illinois; schoolteacher. Women's Army Corps veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

    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 Teddy Wayne Steelman

    Born 1945; from Roodhouse, Illinois. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; died of wounds 1967 in Tay Ninh, South Vietnam.

    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 Leiser Steelman

    Arrived at New York in 1895 aboard the Ethiopia from Glasgow and Moville, aged 20; laborer. From Russia; bound for Philadelphia.

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

Showing 3 of 279 records for Steelman 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 · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · 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).

Netherlands7 records

7 records of the Steelman name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 6
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Hendrick Steelman

    Married in 1690 in Utrecht.

    Open Archives, Het Utrechts Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Ellina Jacoba Steelman

    Born 1917 in Ulrum.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Jan Henricus Steelman

    Baptised in 1766 in Bodegraven.

    Open Archives, RHC Rijnstreek en Lopikerwaard (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Steelman in the Netherlands.

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

Australia3 records

3 records of the Steelman name in Australia
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Maud Steelman

    Arrived in Queensland in 1891 aboard the Tara.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Steelman in Australia.

Counts: Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Steelman name in Canada Canadian Virtual War Memorial
  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 Richard Berton Steelman

    Died in service in 1943.

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

Counts: 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).

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