The Wortman surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,572 people carried this name — #7,291 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,500 people counted. That is down 1% from 4,612 in 2000.

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In print

Wortman in American newspapers,
1900–1915.

Newspaper page from The Stark County Democrat carrying the name Wortman
The Stark County Democrat 1900-02-09
Newspaper page from New-york Tribune carrying the name Wortman
New-york Tribune 1909-07-25
Newspaper page from The West Virginian carrying the name Wortman
The West Virginian 1915-01-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 15,792 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Wortman in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1980s.

144 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Wortman. The most, 21, date from the 1950s. 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 Victoria, at 1.7 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 78
Victoria 44
ACT (Canberra) 3
Queensland 3
South Australia 3
Tasmania 2
Western Australia 1

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

Who carried it

People named Wortman,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hendrik Wortman
    Hendrik Wortman 1859–1939 · engineer
  • Chuck Wortman
    Chuck Wortman 1892–1977 · baseball player
  • Tunis Wortman d. 1822 · lawyer
  • Denis Wortman 1796–1864 · physician
  • Adolphus Wortman 1825–1857 · manufacturer
  • Denis Wortman 1835–1922

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 Wortman,
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 States512 records

512 records of the Wortman name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 170
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 167
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 67
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 50
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 30
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 26
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Emmett W. Wortman

    Born 1921 in New Jersey. Enlisted 1942 at Newark; machinist. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1991, buried at BG William C Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Wrightstown, New Jersey.

    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 Anna Wortman

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the Magdalene from Bremen, aged 41; store keeper. From Hanover, Germany; bound for New York.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Douglas Frederick Wortman

    Born 1949; from Linden, Michigan. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1970 in Thua Thien, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)

Showing 3 of 512 records for Wortman 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain).

Netherlands1,392 records

1,392 records of the Wortman name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 702
  • Dutch population registers 612
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 78
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Jan Wortman

    Married in 1823 in Zaamslag; shoemaker. Died 1832 in Zaamslag, aged 30.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Christiaan Hendrik Wortman

    Married in 1909 in Amsterdam; company official. Died 1953 in Arnhem, aged 78.

    Open Archives, Noord-Hollands Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Gelders Archief (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Willem Johannes Jacobus Wortman

    Married in 1854 in Vlissingen; shoemaker. Died 1890 in Delft.

    Open Archives, Zeeuws Archief (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Archief Delft (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 1,392 records for Wortman 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).

Canada39 records

39 records of the Wortman name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 19
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 11
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 3
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 3
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Karl Robert Wortman

    Buried in 1992 at Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, aged 33.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Robert Chambers Wortman

    Died 1945 in Lunenburg, 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 James John Wortman

    Died in service in 1917.

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

Showing 3 of 39 records for Wortman in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · 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 Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · 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).

Australia8 records

8 records of the Wortman name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Charles M. Wortman

    Farmer of Bungil, Victoria; died 1944.

    Public Record Office Victoria (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 Helen Wortman

    Arrived in Victoria in 1856 aboard the Earl of Sefton, aged 23.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Fanny Wortman

    Died 1873 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 35.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 8 records for Wortman 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: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

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