The Woodworth surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,361 people carried this name — #3,782 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 31,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 9,278 in 2000.

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In the first U.S. census, 1790

In 1790, Woodworth was counted together with Wadsworth: 188 families in all.

Each family is counted by its head. About 1,084 people lived in those households, 5.8 to a family on average. The census counted these spellings together: Wadsworth, Wadworth, Wardsworth, Wardworth, Watsworth, Wodsworth, Woodworth, Woodsworth. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Connecticut 69
Massachusetts 37
New York 34
Vermont 16
New Hampshire 10
Maine 6
Pennsylvania 6
North Carolina 6
South Carolina 2
Rhode Island 1
Maryland 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 267 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Woodworth in American newspapers,
1887–1918.

Newspaper page from Southern Christian Advocate carrying the name Woodworth
Southern Christian Advocate 1917-05-24
Newspaper page from Fort Worth Daily Gazette carrying the name Woodworth
Fort Worth Daily Gazette 1887-10-08
Newspaper page from Evening Times-republican carrying the name Woodworth
Evening Times-republican 1918-03-23

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 80,619 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Woodworth in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1960s.

1,406 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Woodworth. The most, 309, date from the 1920s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 3.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 376
Victoria 293
Tasmania 238
New South Wales 228
Queensland 218
South Australia 47
ACT (Canberra) 3

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

Who carried it

People named Woodworth,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Samuel Woodworth
    Samuel Woodworth 1784–1842 · writer
  • James Hutchinson Woodworth
    James Hutchinson Woodworth 1804–1869 · politician
  • James Sullivan Woodworth
    James Sullivan Woodworth 1805–1892 · politician
  • Walter Woodworth 1612–1686
  • Benjamin Woodworth 1718–1762
  • Thomas Woodworth 1726–

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 Woodworth,
in the records of 3 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 States929 records

929 records of the Woodworth name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 298
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 180
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 157
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 149
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 91
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 39
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Herbert C. Woodworth

    Born 1912 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Devens; carpenter from Middlesex County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1988, buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery, Massachusetts.

    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 Samuel Alexander Woodworth

    Born 1930; from Minco, Oklahoma. U.S. Air Force; killed in action 1965 in North Vietnam. Buried at Fort Gibson National Cemetery, Oklahoma.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (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 Rebecca Woodworth

    Arrived at New York in 1884 aboard the City of Rome from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 19; servant. From Inniskillen, Ireland; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 929 records for Woodworth in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Canada1,206 records

1,206 records of the Woodworth name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1,148
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 26
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 11
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 9
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 6
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 5
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Marie Louise Woodworth

    Buried in 1994 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 53.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Jane Woodworth

    Died 1873 in Church Street, Kings, Nova Scotia.

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

    Died in service in 1916.

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

Showing 3 of 1,206 records for Woodworth 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. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia105 records

105 records of the Woodworth name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 73
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 22
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 6
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 2
  • Queensland State Archives 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 William Woodworth

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Asiatic, sailing from Sheerness in 1843. Native of Cheetham, Lancashire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Anthony Woodworth

    Arrived in Queensland in 1886 aboard the Bulimba, aged 28.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Shelometh Jas Woodworth

    Driver of Parramatta, N S W; died 1862.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 105 records for Woodworth in Australia.

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

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