The Boatright surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,659 people carried this name — #6,062 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 52,100 people counted. That is down 1% from 5,711 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Boatright surname

A surname originating as an occupation, a variant of Boatwright.

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

As an English and Welsh surname

An early record he cites: John Botewright, or Botewryth, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, 1474 — History of Norfolk (Blomefield and Parkin).

His entry covers Boatwright, Botwright and Boatright.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 114 · public domain.

In print

Boatright in American newspapers,
1902–1922.

Newspaper page from The Topeka State Journal carrying the name Boatright
The Topeka State Journal 1902-01-21
Newspaper page from The North Mississippi Herald carrying the name Boatright
The North Mississippi Herald 1921-01-21
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Boatright
Evening Star 1922-02-26

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,096 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Boatright in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1950s.

169 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Boatright. The most, 45, date from the 1830s. 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 Tasmania, at 2.2 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 68
Tasmania 49
Queensland 44
Western Australia 6
Victoria 1

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

Who carried it

People named Boatright,
with a public archive behind them.

  • John L. Boatright
    John L. Boatright 1923–2006 · painter
  • Elizabeth E. Keefer 1897–1989 · printmaker
  • Elizabeth Keefer Boatright 1899–1989 · watercolorist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Boatright,
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 States305 records

305 records of the Boatright name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 223
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 75
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • 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 Dow T. Boatright

    Born 1920 in Arkansas. Enlisted 1942 at Camp Josepth T Robinson Little Rock; farm hand. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1998, buried at Huntsville Cemetery, Arkansas.

    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 William Arvel Boatright

    Born 1949; from Abbott, Arkansas. U.S. Army, infantryman; died in an accident 1972 in Bien Hoa, South Vietnam.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Bennie F. Boatright

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1889, died 1958; buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 305 records for Boatright 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · 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); Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia1 record

1 record of the Boatright name in Australia Tasmanian Names Index
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Elizabeth Boatright

    Married 1855 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 31.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Boatright name in the United Kingdom War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead
  1. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record J. Boatright

    Royal Scots. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

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