The Woosley surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,048 people carried this name — #8,198 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 73,000 people counted. That is up 1% from 3,999 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Woosley surname

Variant of Wolseley.

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

In print

Woosley in American newspapers,
1891–1896.

Newspaper page from Fort Worth Gazette carrying the name Woosley
Fort Worth Gazette 1891-10-23
Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Woosley
The Topeka State Journal 1896-05-22
Newspaper page from Fort Worth Gazette carrying the name Woosley
Fort Worth Gazette 1891-07-16

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Woosley in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1960s.

441 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Woosley. The most, 94, 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 Queensland, at 3.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Queensland 332
South Australia 58
New South Wales 24
Western Australia 20
Victoria 6

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

Who carried it

People named Woosley,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Louisa Woosley
    Louisa Woosley 1862–1952 · Christian minister
  • John M. Woolsey, Jr. 1916–2005 · lawyer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Woosley,
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 States228 records

228 records of the Woosley name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 154
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 61
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 5
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 4
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Perry Lee Woosley

    Born 1948; from Louisville, Kentucky. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1970 in Quang Ngai, South Vietnam. Buried at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Kentucky.

    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 Wavie H. Woosley

    Born 1915 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana; shipping clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1960, buried at Zachary Taylor National Cemetery, Kentucky.

    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 Henry-W. Woosley

    Arrived at New York in 1856 aboard the Amaranth from Bremen, aged 23; tailor. From Hanover, Germany; bound for Cincinnati.

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

Showing 3 of 228 records for Woosley 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, 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).

Australia27 records

27 records of the Woosley name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 24
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 3
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Woosley

    Arrived in Victoria in 1905 aboard the Moravian, aged 17.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Civil record E. N. Woosley

    Seaman aboard the Duke of Portland, Queensland in 1901.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Win Woosley

    Arrived in Victoria in 1905 aboard the Ortona, aged 11.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 27 records for Woosley in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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