The Barnhart surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 20,157 people carried this name — #1,777 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 14,600 people counted. That is up 3% from 19,642 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Barnhart surname

As a German surname, Americanized from Bernhard, Bernhardt.

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

In print

Barnhart in American newspapers,
1901–1925.

Newspaper page from The Commonwealth carrying the name Barnhart
The Commonwealth 1905-11-03
Newspaper page from Daily Kennebec Journal carrying the name Barnhart
Daily Kennebec Journal 1925-10-13
Newspaper page from The Butte Inter Mountain carrying the name Barnhart
The Butte Inter Mountain 1901-06-14

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 43,152 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Barnhart in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1970s.

1,379 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Barnhart. The most, 861, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Western Australia, at 9.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Western Australia 1,313
Victoria 27
New South Wales 22
South Australia 7
Queensland 6
Tasmania 2

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

Who carried it

People named Barnhart,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Arthur Middleton Barnhart
    Arthur Middleton Barnhart 1844–1913 · businessperson
  • Henry A. Barnhart
    Henry A. Barnhart 1858–1934 · writer
  • John Hendley Barnhart
    John Hendley Barnhart 1871–1949 · librarian
  • Harry Horner Barnhart
    Harry Horner Barnhart 1874–1948 · conductor
  • Clyde Barnhart
    Clyde Barnhart 1895–1980 · baseball player
  • Williamson Leming Barnhart 1893–1929 · writer

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 Barnhart,
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 States1,189 records

1,189 records of the Barnhart name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 730
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 232
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 118
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 55
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 37
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 4
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Carl Ray Barnhart

    Born 1949; from East Peoria, Illinois. U.S. Army, field artillery basic; killed in action 1967 in Kontum, South Vietnam. Buried at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minnesota.

    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 Merton W. Barnhart

    Born 1907 in Virginia. Enlisted 1943 at Roanoke; weaver from Franklin County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Franklin Memorial Park, Rocky Mount, Virginia.

    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 Melville W. Barnhart

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Majestic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 42; doctor of medicine. From Bombay; bound for New York.

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

Showing 3 of 1,189 records for Barnhart in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Netherlands34 records

34 records of the Barnhart name in the Netherlands
  • Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths) 17
  • Dutch population registers 16
  • Dutch church registers before 1811 1
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Filipus Jan Barnhart

    Married in 1888 in Ridderkerk. Died 1923 in Lekkerkerk, aged 63.

    Open Archives, Nationaal Archief Rijksarchief Zuid-Holland (CC BY 4.0); Open Archives, Streekarchief Midden-Holland (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Leendert Barnhart

    Born 1889 in Lekkerkerk. Died 1889 in Lekkerkerk.

    Open Archives, Streekarchief Midden-Holland (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Margrieta Christina Barnhart

    In a population register; born 1829 in Heerjansdam.

    Open Archives, Stadsarchief Rotterdam (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 34 records for Barnhart 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

Canada9 records

9 records of the Barnhart name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 5
  • City of Niagara Falls (Ontario) cemetery records 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Dallas George Barnhart

    Died 1971; buried at Brookside Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

    City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William Barnhart

    Died 1949; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  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 Louis William Barnhart

    Died in service in 1917.

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

Showing 3 of 9 records for Barnhart in Canada.

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · City of Niagara Falls. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Niagara Falls. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

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