The Westmoreland surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,399 people carried this name — #3,430 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 10,066 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Westmoreland surname

Heterographic variant of Westmorland.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Westmoreland» (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 explains it as ‘of Westmoreland’.

An early record he cites: Johannes Westmerland, 1379 — Poll Tax, West Riding of Yorkshire.

His entry covers Westmarland, Westmoreland and Westmorland.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 803 · public domain.

In print

Westmoreland in American newspapers,
1852–1909.

Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Westmoreland
The Sun 1909-03-14
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Westmoreland
The Sun 1909-03-21
Newspaper page from The Granite Farmer carrying the name Westmoreland
The Granite Farmer 1852-10-20

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 111,320 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Westmoreland in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1970s.

2,898 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Westmoreland. The most, 574, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 2.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 1,404
Queensland 672
New South Wales 367
South Australia 229
Tasmania 167
Western Australia 53
ACT (Canberra) 1
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Westmoreland,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Westmoreland
    William Westmoreland 1914–2005 · politician
  • James Westmoreland 1935–2016 · actor

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Westmoreland,
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 States527 records

527 records of the Westmoreland name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 373
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 122
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 9
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John W. Westmoreland

    Born 1920 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Jackson Columbia; textile mill worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Ridge Crest Memorial Park, Batesburg, 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 Bruce Wayne Westmoreland

    Born 1948; from High Point, North Carolina. U.S. Army, utility helicopter repairer; killed in action 1969 in Pleiku, 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 Mathew Westmoreland

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the Marathon from Liverpool, aged 50; miner. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 527 records for Westmoreland 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia93 records

93 records of the Westmoreland name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 47
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 27
  • Tasmanian Names Index 15
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record James Parker Westmoreland

    Born 1855 in Campbell Town, Tasmania. Married 1876 in Launceston, Tasmania, aged 21.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. 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 John Westmoreland

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Florentia, arriving 1830; ticket of leave 1835. Native of Colchester.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Matthew Westmoreland

    Arrived in Victoria in 1853 aboard the Eagle, aged 30; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 93 records for Westmoreland in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); 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).

United Kingdom7 records

7 records of the Westmoreland name in the United Kingdom
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 4
  • Welsh wills index cards 2
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record George Henry Westmoreland

    Will proved in 1929; of Blk, Blk.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record A. Westmoreland

    King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry). Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Blk Westmoreland

    Will proved in 1940; of Colwyn Bay, Denbigh.

    National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0)

Showing 3 of 7 records for Westmoreland in the United Kingdom.

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain) · National Library of Wales, Wills Index Cards (CC0) · MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Westmoreland name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Hannah Westmoreland

    Married 1790 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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