The Tidwell surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 21,176 people carried this name — #1,699 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 13,900 people counted. That is up 2% from 20,681 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Tidwell surname

Variant of Tideswell.

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

In print

Tidwell in American newspapers,
1909–1923.

Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Tidwell
New-york Tribune 1909-08-08
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Tidwell
Evening Star 1909-08-08
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Tidwell
The Washington Times 1923-03-21

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,156 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Tidwell in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1940s.

103 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Tidwell. The most, 17, date from the 1910s. 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 South Australia, at 2.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 36
South Australia 27
Queensland 15
Tasmania 11
Victoria 11
Western Australia 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Tidwell,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Travis Tidwell
    Travis Tidwell 1929–2004 · American football player
  • Anna Tidwell 1806–1869
  • Josiah Blake Tidwell 1870–1946
  • Monroe Cleveland Tidwell 1889–1923
  • Charles Tidwell 1921–1990 · racing driver
  • Kenneth Beverly Tidwell 1923–2007

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 Tidwell,
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 States935 records

935 records of the Tidwell name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 706
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 198
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 8
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 6
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jodie B. Tidwell

    Born 1917 in Texas. Enlisted 1945 at Houston; electrician from Polk County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1974, buried at Peebles Cemetery, Goodrich, Texas.

    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 Earl Carl E. Tidwell

    Born 1947; from Arlington, Texas. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1970 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 Henry Tidwell

    Arrived at New York in 1870 aboard the Colorado from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 30; laborer. From Scotland.

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

Showing 3 of 935 records for Tidwell in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). 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).

Australia22 records

22 records of the Tidwell name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 12
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 6
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  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 John Tidwell

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Countess of Harcourt, sailing from Portsmouth in 1821. Native of Spalding, Lincolnshire.

    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 Harry Tidwell

    Arrived in Queensland in 1883 aboard the Duke of Buccleuch, aged 11.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Tidwell

    Died 1862 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 82.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 22 records for Tidwell in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Tidwell name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record L. Tidwell

    Devonshire Regiment, Attached Royal Engineers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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