The Weekley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,072 people carried this name — #8,139 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 72,500 people counted. About the same as in 2000 (4,076).

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What the name means

The meaning of the Weekley surname

A habitational surname from Old English.

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

His entry covers Weakley, Weekley and Weekly.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 797 · public domain.

In print

Weekley in American newspapers,
1905–1928.

Newspaper page from The Arrow carrying the name Weekley
The Arrow 1905-01-05
Newspaper page from The Washington Daily News carrying the name Weekley
The Washington Daily News 1928-03-03
Newspaper page from The Detroit Times carrying the name Weekley
The Detroit Times 1914-12-11

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,969 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Weekley in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

1,716 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Weekley. The most, 392, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 3.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 623
New South Wales 480
Victoria 278
South Australia 196
Tasmania 49
Queensland 43
ACT (Canberra) 2
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Weekley,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ernest Weekley 1865–1954 · Romanist

Wikidata (CC0).

In the public record

People named Weekley,
in the records of 4 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 States210 records

210 records of the Weekley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 152
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 42
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 1
  • 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 Jessie W. Weekley

    Born 1917 in Missouri. Enlisted 1943 at Peoria, Illinois; foundry worker from St Louis City. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1985, buried at Jefferson Barracks 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 Russell Joseph Weekley

    Born 1944; from Sulphur, Louisiana. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam.

    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 Silas J. Weekley

    Veteran of World War I. Born 1893, died 1947; buried at Mobile National Cemetery, Alabama.

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

Showing 3 of 210 records for Weekley in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia70 records

70 records of the Weekley name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 33
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 24
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 8
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 3
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 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 Thomas Weekley

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Surry, arriving 1834; ticket of leave 1840.

    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 Thomas Weekley

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 aboard the Swiftsure, aged 37; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record James Weekley

    Mining investr of Bendigo, Victoria; died 1908.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 70 records for Weekley in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). 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).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Weekley name in Canada City of Calgary cemetery records
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Hazel Edith Weekley

    Buried in 1967 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 75.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Weekley name in the United Kingdom Welsh wills index cards
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Elizabeth Weekley

    Will proved in 1934; of St Asaph, Flint.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)

Counts: National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

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