The Tisdale surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,293 people carried this name — #3,473 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,700 people counted. That is up 6% from 9,734 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Tisdale surname

Variant of Teesdale.

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

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 754 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

52 families named Tisdale, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 307 people lived in those households, 5.9 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Tisdale, Teasdale, Tisdal, Tisdall, Tisdel, Tisdell, Trisdal, Twisdale. 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 29
Connecticut 6
South Carolina 5
Virginia 4
North Carolina 3
New York 2
New Hampshire 1
Vermont 1
Rhode Island 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. 265 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Tisdale in American newspapers,
1900–1908.

Newspaper page from The National Tribune carrying the name Tisdale
The National Tribune 1900-03-01
Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Tisdale
The Washington Herald 1908-07-19
Newspaper page from The Washington Herald carrying the name Tisdale
The Washington Herald 1908-07-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 38,657 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Tisdale in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

2,236 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Tisdale. The most, 1,110, 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 New South Wales, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,202
Victoria 338
Western Australia 263
Queensland 227
South Australia 144
Tasmania 56
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Tisdale,
with a public archive behind them.

  • David Tisdale
    David Tisdale 1835–1911 · lawyer
  • Elizabeth Tisdale 1530–1597
  • Gilbert J. Tisdale 1834– · politician
  • William Burleigh Tisdale 1890– · botanist
  • Samuel L. Tisdale 1918–1989 · pedologist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Tisdale,
in the records of 5 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 States572 records

572 records of the Tisdale name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 273
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 114
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 94
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 32
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 27
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 24
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Bernie F. Tisdale

    Born 1919 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Jackson Columbia; construction worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Florence National Cemetery, South Carolina.

    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 Donald Wayne Tisdale

    Born 1947; from Nathalie, Virginia. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1968 in Bien Hoa, 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 Jane Tisdale

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the Orient from Liverpool, aged 15; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 572 records for Tisdale 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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).

Australia76 records

76 records of the Tisdale name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 44
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 12
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 11
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 7
  • 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 Tisdale

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Guildford, arriving 1824; ticket of leave 1830. Native of Bath.

    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 William Tisdale

    Arrived in Queensland in 1866 aboard the Maryborough, aged 21.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Ivy Elsie May Tisdale

    Gentlewoman of Dandenong, Victoria; died 1978.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 76 records for Tisdale 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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

Canada19 records

19 records of the Tisdale name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 5
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 4
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 3
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 3
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thos Tisdale

    Came to Ontario in 1880 aboard the Polynesian, landing at Quebec, bound for Allandale, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Howard Leslie Tisdale

    Buried in 1970 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 58.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Abigal Tisdale

    Died 1925 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 19 records for Tisdale in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom4 records

4 records of the Tisdale 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 J. Tisdale

    Gunner, Royal Field Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record T. Tisdale

    Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

Showing 2 of 4 records for Tisdale in the United Kingdom.

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).

France1 record

1 record of the Tisdale name in France France's national death register, 1970–2001
  1. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jeannette Denise Tisdale

    Born 1918 in Paris; died 1981 in Bordeaux (Gironde).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)

Counts: Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Death register of Nice, 1930, Archives départementales des Alpes-Maritimes (public domain).

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