The Windham surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 10,390 people carried this name — #3,437 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 28,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 10,162 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Windham surname

From Wymondham, from personal name Wigmund's + hām (“home”).

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

In print

Windham in American newspapers,
1905–1913.

Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Windham
The Montgomery Advertiser 1905-04-21
Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Windham
The Montgomery Advertiser 1905-04-22
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Windham
The Sun 1913-04-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 251,187 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Windham in Australian newspapers,
1820s–1970s.

1,950 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Windham. The most, 464, date from the 1860s. 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 South Australia, at 1.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 621
South Australia 478
Victoria 371
Queensland 270
Tasmania 136
Western Australia 63
ACT (Canberra) 6
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Windham,
with a public archive behind them.

  • William Windham
    William Windham 1647–1689
  • Ashe Windham
    Ashe Windham 1673–1749 · politician
  • Rachel Isabella Smijth-Windham d. 1897
  • Blanche Marie Titren d. 1933
  • William Windham d. 1730
  • Joseph Windham d. 1810

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 Windham,
in the records of 5 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 States560 records

560 records of the Windham name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 405
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 120
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 20
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 5
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Eugene Windham

    Born 1947; from New York, New York. U.S. Army, indirect fire infantryman; killed in action 1966 in South Vietnam. Buried at Long Island National Cemetery, New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles D. Windham

    Born 1921 in Oregon. Enlisted 1942 at Tacoma, Washington; construction worker. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

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

    Arrived at Baltimore in 1848 aboard the Huntingdon from Bremen, aged 11; farmer. From Germany.

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

Showing 3 of 560 records for Windham 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) · 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia20 records

20 records of the Windham name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 14
  • Tasmanian Names Index 6
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record William Windham

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 aboard the Despatch, aged 30; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record James Windham

    Married 1857 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 22.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record John Robert Windham

    Born 1857 in Hobart, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 20 records for Windham in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Windham name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  1. A Canadian First World War grave register card for a soldier who died of wounds in 1917
    Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917
    War record William Thellusson Doughty Windham

    Died in service in 1941.

    Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.

Showing 1 of 2 records for Windham in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

France2 records

2 records of the Windham 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 Germaine Marie Windham

    Born 1905 in Labruguière (Tarn); died 1985 in Villecresnes (Val-de-Marne).

    Insee, Fichier des personnes décédées (Licence Ouverte)
  2. A page of the death register of Nice, 1930
    Example: French death register, 1930
    Death record Jean Eugene Albert Windham

    Born 1903 in Toulouse (Haute-Garonne); died 1987 in Castres (Tarn).

    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).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Windham name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record S. Windham

    Sapper, Royal Engineers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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