The Burdette surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 11,284 people carried this name — #3,200 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 26,100 people counted. That is up 1% from 11,125 in 2000.

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In print

Burdette in American newspapers,
1896–1908.

Newspaper page from The Western News carrying the name Burdette
The Western News 1908-05-06
Newspaper page from Pullman Herald carrying the name Burdette
Pullman Herald 1896-03-28
Newspaper page from The Salt Lake Herald carrying the name Burdette
The Salt Lake Herald 1901-11-21

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

In print

Burdette in Australian newspapers,
1870s–1950s.

983 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Burdette. The most, 493, date from the 1900s. 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 South Australia, at 1.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 279
New South Wales 278
South Australia 172
Queensland 149
Western Australia 71
Tasmania 31
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Burdette,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Clara Burdette
    Clara Burdette 1855–1954 · suffragist
  • Cornelius Burdette
    Cornelius Burdette 1878–1955 · sport shooter
  • Lew Burdette
    Lew Burdette 1926–2007 · baseball player
  • Georgina Burdette Holgate 1866–1934
  • Georgina Burdette Holgate 1866–1934
  • Freddie Burdette 1936–2010 · baseball player

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 Burdette,
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 States615 records

615 records of the Burdette name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 428
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 103
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 51
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 12
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 8
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Lee H. Burdette

    Born 1923 in Maryland. Enlisted 1943 at Baltimore; machine shop worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1987, buried at Garrison Forest Veterans Cemetery, Owings Mills, Maryland.

    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 Robert Lee Burdette

    Born 1947; from Poca, West Virginia. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1967 in Binh Duong, 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 John Burdette

    Arrived at New York in 1867 aboard the City of New York from Liverpool, aged 40; miner. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 615 records for Burdette 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, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted). 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).

Canada8 records

8 records of the Burdette name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 4
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Dean Graham Burdette

    Died 1958 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Harold James Burdette

    Died 1918; 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 Elmer Edgar Burdette

    Died in service in 1916.

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

Showing 3 of 8 records for Burdette in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · 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: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); 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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