The Winans surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,010 people carried this name — #8,266 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,973 in 2000.

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In print

Winans in American newspapers,
1874–1909.

Newspaper page from The New Hampshire Gazette carrying the name Winans
The New Hampshire Gazette 1874-04-02
Newspaper page from The Bossier Banner carrying the name Winans
The Bossier Banner 1909-10-28
Newspaper page from The Colfax Chronicle carrying the name Winans
The Colfax Chronicle 1881-03-05

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 39,532 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Winans in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

1,108 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Winans. The most, 316, date from the 1900s. 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 Tasmania, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 383
Queensland 192
South Australia 170
Victoria 161
Western Australia 110
Tasmania 90
ACT (Canberra) 2

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

Who carried it

People named Winans,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ross Winans
    Ross Winans 1796–1877 · politician
  • James J. Winans
    James J. Winans 1818–1879 · judge
  • Edwin Baruch Winans
    Edwin Baruch Winans 1826–1894 · politician
  • John Winans
    John Winans 1831–1907 · lawyer
  • Walter William Winans
    Walter William Winans 1852–1920 · writer
  • William Winans 1788–1857 · Christian minister

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 Winans,
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 States471 records

471 records of the Winans name in the United States
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 150
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 148
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 80
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 73
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 12
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 7
  • 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 Arthur Winans

    Born 1921 in Texas. Enlisted 1942 at San Antonio; cook from Uvalde County. U.S. Air Force veteran; died 2000, buried at Uvalde Catholic Cemetery, Texas.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Margaret E. Winans

    Arrived at New York in 1883 aboard the Gallia from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 30. From Canada.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Gerald Edgar Winans

    U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. Born 1942, died 2000; buried at Port Hudson National Cemetery, Louisiana.

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

Showing 3 of 471 records for Winans 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Netherlands28 records

28 records of the Winans name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 17
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 11
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Emondius Winans

    Married in 1827 in Bocholtz; farmer, born 1801 in Haaren.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Historisch Centrum Limburg (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Maria Winans

    Buried in 1746 in Venray.

    Open Archives, Gemeente Venray, gemeentearchief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record Wernout Winans

    Baptised in 1641 in Breda.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Breda (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 28 records for Winans in the Netherlands.

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); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Winans 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 Samuel R. Winans

    Married 1886 in Guysborough, 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).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Winans name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Hugh Winans

    Arrived in Victoria in 1889 aboard the Iberia, aged 27.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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