The Tyndall surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,786 people carried this name — #6,999 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 61,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,590 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Tyndall surname

Variant of Tynedale.

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

His entry covers Tyndale and Tyndall.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 774 · public domain.

In print

Tyndall in American newspapers,
1892–1918.

Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Tyndall
The Anaconda Standard 1892-07-17
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Tyndall
The Anaconda Standard 1892-07-25
Newspaper page from The Herald carrying the name Tyndall
The Herald 1918-02-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 45,901 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Tyndall in Australian newspapers,
1820s–2000s.

3,553 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Tyndall. The most, 622, date from the 1920s. 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 the Northern Territory, at 3.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 1,337
Victoria 1,021
Western Australia 496
South Australia 300
Queensland 274
Tasmania 85
Northern Territory 20
ACT (Canberra) 14

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

Who carried it

People named Tyndall,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas Tyndall d. 1766
  • Laura Caroline Darby d. 1907
  • Drue Tyndall d. 1664
  • Mabel Mary Tyndall d. 1959
  • Laura Frances Tyndall d. 1931
  • Marianne Tyndall d. 1864

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Tyndall,
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 States374 records

374 records of the Tyndall name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 158
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 82
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 67
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 27
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 24
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 13
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • 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 John H. Tyndall

    Born 1922 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1940 at Fort Bragg; farm hand from Craven County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1968, buried at New Bern National Cemetery, North 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 John Harvey Tyndall

    Born 1947; from New Bern, North Carolina. U.S. Army; killed in action 1967 in Phuoc Tuy, South Vietnam. Buried at New Bern National Cemetery, North Carolina.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thomas Tyndall

    Arrived at New York in 1870 aboard the Bellona from Havre and London, aged 57; laborer. From England; bound for New Jersey.

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

Showing 3 of 374 records for Tyndall 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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, 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).

Australia114 records

114 records of the Tyndall name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 53
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 32
  • Tasmanian Names Index 13
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 10
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 4
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 2
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Betty Mary Cecilia Tyndall

    Born 1915 in Melville St, Hobart, Tasmania. Died 1936 in Tasmania, aged 21.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Edward Eustace Tyndall

    Died 1933 in Tasmania, aged 56. Will registered in Tasmania in 1933.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. 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 Daniel Tyndall

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Duke of Portland, arriving 1807; ticket of leave 1814. Native of Surrey.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 114 records for Tyndall in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · State Library of Western Australia (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain).

Canada8 records

8 records of the Tyndall name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 2
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Howard Gavin Tyndall

    Buried in 1981 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 80.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Maurice Whitman Tyndall

    Died 1989; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. 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 William David Tyndall

    Died in service in 1940.

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

Showing 3 of 8 records for Tyndall in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. 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).

New Zealand3 records

3 records of the Tyndall name in New Zealand
  • Waimakariri District cemetery records, Canterbury 2
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Richard John Tyndall

    Born 1900, died 1982; buried at Oxford Cemetery, Canterbury.

    Waimakariri District Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Constance Ellen Tyndall

    Born 1908, died 1981; buried at Oxford Cemetery, Canterbury.

    Waimakariri District Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Tyndall in New Zealand.

Counts: Waimakariri District Council (CC BY 4.0) · Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Netherlands2 records

2 records of the Tyndall name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Edelina Maria Tyndall

    Married in 1937 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 Bruie Tyndall

    Born 1830 in Gulpen.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)

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).

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