The Stickney surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,309 people carried this name — #7,702 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 68,500 people counted. That is down 1% from 4,346 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Stickney surname

A habitational surname from Old English.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Stickney» (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 Stickney’.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 717 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

91 families named Stickney, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 525 people lived in those households, 5.8 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. 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 53
New Hampshire 26
Vermont 6
Maine 4
New York 2

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

Stickney in American newspapers,
1882–1904.

Newspaper page from Rock Island Argus carrying the name Stickney
Rock Island Argus 1894-11-09
Newspaper page from The Sedalia Weekly Bazoo carrying the name Stickney
The Sedalia Weekly Bazoo 1882-03-14
Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Stickney
The Montgomery Advertiser 1904-03-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 87,452 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Stickney in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1960s.

167 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Stickney. The most, 26, date from the 1890s.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 54
Queensland 30
Victoria 27
South Australia 24
Western Australia 14
Tasmania 11
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Stickney,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sarah Stickney Ellis
    Sarah Stickney Ellis 1799–1872 · writer
  • Sarah Stickney Ellis
    Sarah Stickney Ellis 1810–1872 · writer
  • Charles Pickett Stickney
    Charles Pickett Stickney 1824–1902 · politician
  • Charles Stickney
    Charles Stickney 1829– · politician
  • Angeline Stickney
    Angeline Stickney 1830–1892 · mathematician
  • Ida Stearns Stickney d. 1932 · writer

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 Stickney,
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 States488 records

488 records of the Stickney name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 168
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 94
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 80
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 69
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 45
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 29
  • New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 1
  • Ramsey County (Minnesota) Memorial Hall, war dead 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 Jack A. Stickney

    Born 1910 in Washington. Enlisted 1942 at San Francisco, California; craneman. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1963, buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    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 Phillip Joseph Stickney

    Born 1937; from Manchester, New Hampshire. U.S. Air Force, aircraft loadmaster technician; declared dead 1966 in North 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 Leander Stickney

    Arrived at New York in 1884 aboard the Alaska from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 48; matron.

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

Showing 3 of 488 records for Stickney 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) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls) · Ramsey County, Minnesota (public domain) · 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).

Canada37 records

37 records of the Stickney name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 11
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 7
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 5
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 5
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 5
  • City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 2
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Minnie Isabella Stickney

    Buried in 1977 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 73.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. 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 John Carlton Stickney

    Died in service in 1918.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Josephine Stickney

    Married 1890 in Cumberland, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 37 records for Stickney in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · 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. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia12 records

12 records of the Stickney name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 7
  • Tasmanian Names Index 4
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  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 Stickney

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Larkins, sailing from Downs in 1831. Native of Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire.

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

    Arrived in Victoria in 1855 aboard the Indian Queen, aged 40; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record William Stickney

    Left Hobart Town in 1851 aboard the Nimrod, bound for Whaling Grounds, as crew.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 12 records for Stickney in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). 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); Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0).

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