The Vestal surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,614 people carried this name — #6,108 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,600 people counted. That is up 1% from 5,570 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Vestal surname

From Vesta + -al.

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

In print

Vestal in American newspapers,
1854–1918.

Newspaper page from The Sumter Banner carrying the name Vestal
The Sumter Banner 1854-03-29
Newspaper page from Custer Weekly Chronicle carrying the name Vestal
Custer Weekly Chronicle 1906-11-10
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Vestal
The Sun 1918-04-14

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

In print

Vestal in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1940s.

124 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Vestal. The most, 32, date from the 1940s. 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 Queensland, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 51
Queensland 38
South Australia 14
Victoria 11
Tasmania 5
Western Australia 5

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

Who carried it

People named Vestal,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Albert Henry Vestal
    Albert Henry Vestal 1875–1932 · lawyer
  • Samuel Curtis Vestal 1873–1958 · writer
  • Arthur Gibson Vestal 1888–1964 · university teacher
  • Allan D. Vestal 1920– · writer
  • David Vestal 1924–2013 · photographer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0.

In the public record

People named Vestal,
in the records of 2 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 States277 records

277 records of the Vestal name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 194
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 63
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 15
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • 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 Robert W. Vestal

    Born 1913 in Missouri. Enlisted 1940 at Jefferson Barracks; mechanic. U.S. Air Force veteran of World War II; died 1977, buried at Springfield National Cemetery, Missouri.

    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 Curtis E. Vestal

    Born 1930; from Rusk County, Texas. U.S. Army, armored reconnaissance crewman; killed in action 1951 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Webley Martin Vestal

    U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War I. Born 1882, died 1963; buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 277 records for Vestal 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, Flexoline Index Data File (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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

France2 records

2 records of the Vestal 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 Rosane Prospere Vestal

    Born 1959 in Pointe-à-Pitre; died 1998 in Les Abymes (Guadeloupe).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Lucien Fred Vestal

    Born 1955 in Pointe-à-Pitre; died 1997 in Les Abymes (Guadeloupe).

    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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