The Barnette surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 8,480 people carried this name — #4,178 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 34,800 people counted. That is up 1% from 8,363 in 2000.

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In print

Barnette in American newspapers,
1911–1917.

Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Barnette
The Sun 1911-02-27
Newspaper page from Sequachee Valley News carrying the name Barnette
Sequachee Valley News 1917-02-01
Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Barnette
The Topeka State Journal 1911-02-28

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,817 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Barnette in Australian newspapers,
1860s–1950s.

199 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Barnette. The most, 50, date from the 1880s. Victoria 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 3.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 58
New South Wales 44
Tasmania 43
South Australia 25
Queensland 24
Western Australia 4
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Barnette,
with a public archive behind them.

  • E. T. Barnette
    E. T. Barnette 1863–1933 · businessperson
  • William Jay Barnette 1847–1909

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 Barnette,
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 States419 records

419 records of the Barnette name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 296
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 71
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 22
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 8
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 3
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jerry C. Barnette

    Born 1907 in South Carolina. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; filling station attendant. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Rowan Memorial Park, North Carolina.

    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 Wallace Wayne Barnette

    Born 1946; from Mooresville, North Carolina. U.S. Army, field artillery basic; died in service 1967 in South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Daniel Barnette

    Arrived at New York in 1862 aboard the Ellwood Walter from Liverpool, aged 46; laborer. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 419 records for Barnette in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). 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).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Barnette name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Clara Barnette

    Died 1958; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

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

    Died 1942 in Halifax, 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. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. 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).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Barnette name in Australia Queensland State Archives indexes
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Ettie Barnette

    Will registered in Queensland in 1921.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Queensland State Archives (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).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Barnette name in the United Kingdom Stirling Council burial records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Agnes Barnette

    Died 1983, aged 78; buried at Balfron Cemetery, Stirling, Scotland.

    Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Counts: Stirling Council. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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