The Stetson surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,875 people carried this name — #8,501 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,762 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

73 families named Stetson, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 434 people lived in those households, 5.9 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

Massachusetts 62
Maine 3
Vermont 3
New York 2
New Hampshire 1
Connecticut 1
Maryland 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

Stetson in American newspapers,
1912–1913.

Newspaper page from El Paso Herald carrying the name Stetson
El Paso Herald 1912-07-26
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Stetson
The Sun 1913-06-25

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

In print

Stetson in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1950s.

932 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Stetson. The most, 350, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 280
New South Wales 242
Queensland 157
South Australia 135
Western Australia 77
Tasmania 35
ACT (Canberra) 2
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Stetson,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Caleb Stetson
    Caleb Stetson 1793–1870 · Christian minister
  • Charles Stetson
    Charles Stetson 1801–1863 · judge
  • Caleb Stetson
    Caleb Stetson 1801–1885 · politician
  • Lemuel Stetson
    Lemuel Stetson 1804–1868 · judge
  • James Aaron Stetson
    James Aaron Stetson 1806–1880 · politician
  • Jeremiah Stetson 1810–1869 · farmer

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 Stetson,
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 States502 records

502 records of the Stetson name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 169
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 148
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 70
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 48
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 46
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 17
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 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 James R. Stetson

    Born 1907 in Minnesota. Enlisted 1942 at Seattle, Washington; driver. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1955, buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    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 Kenneth Earl Stetson

    Born 1946; from Longmont, Colorado. U.S. Marine Corps, artillery scout observer; died of wounds 1968 in Thua Thien, 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 Addie Stetson

    Arrived at New York in 1879 aboard the Rotterdam from Rotterdam, aged 27; farmer. From Germany.

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

Showing 3 of 502 records for Stetson 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) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · 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).

Australia11 records

11 records of the Stetson name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 8
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 3
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Alfred Mast Stetson

    Arrived in Victoria in 1859 aboard the Abner Stetson.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Marjorie Emma Stetson

    Of Ballarat, Victoria; died 1989.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Marion J. Stetson

    Of Horsham, Victoria; died 1951.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 11 records for Stetson in Australia.

Counts: 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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada7 records

7 records of the Stetson name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 6
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Eva Stetson

    Died 1964 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Daniel Stetson

    Died 1908; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Clyde Magonan Stetson

    Married 1912 in Londonderry, Colchester, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 7 records for Stetson in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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