The Westerfield surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,748 people carried this name — #8,753 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 78,700 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,704 in 2000.

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In print

Westerfield in American newspapers,
1895–1904.

Newspaper page from Water Valley Progress carrying the name Westerfield
Water Valley Progress 1903-05-23
Newspaper page from The Lafayette Advertiser carrying the name Westerfield
The Lafayette Advertiser 1895-03-23
Newspaper page from De Queen Bee carrying the name Westerfield
De Queen Bee 1904-07-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 10,220 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Westerfield in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1900s.

116 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Westerfield. The most, 100, date from the 1880s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 3.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 62
New South Wales 27
Tasmania 19
Victoria 4
Western Australia 2
Queensland 1

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

Who carried it

People named Westerfield,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Westerfield
    James Westerfield 1913–1971 · stage actor
  • Samuel Z. Westerfield, Jr.
    Samuel Z. Westerfield, Jr. 1919–1972 · diplomat
  • Jacobus Westerfield 1735–1780
  • Ray Bert Westerfield 1884–1961 · writer
  • Louis Westerfield 1949–1996 · lawyer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Westerfield,
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 States354 records

354 records of the Westerfield name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 154
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 122
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 56
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 16
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 5
  • 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 S. Westerfield

    Born 1925 in New Jersey. Enlisted 1943 at Newark; machine shop worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1999, buried at BG William C Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Wrightstown, New Jersey.

    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 Frank Brown Westerfield

    Born 1930; from Pasadena, Texas. U.S. Marine Corps, infantry officer; killed in action 1967 in Quang Tri, 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 John Westerfield

    Arrived at New York in 1883 aboard the City of Berlin from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 29; farmer. From England; bound for Chicago.

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

Showing 3 of 354 records for Westerfield in the United States.

Counts: NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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, 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).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Westerfield name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 3
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Jacob Westerfield

    Left New York in 1783 aboard the Nesbitt, bound for Port Matton, aged 34.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Henry Westerfield

    Died 1919; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Jacob Westerfield

    Listed at Guysborough, Manchester, Guysborough, Nova Scotia in the census and tax rolls of 1793.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Westerfield in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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