The Carruth surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,854 people carried this name — #8,541 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 76,300 people counted. That is up 3% from 3,748 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Carruth surname

Scottish habitational surname, from a place in Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire.

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

In print

Carruth in American newspapers,
1876–1905.

Newspaper page from Wessington Springs Herald carrying the name Carruth
Wessington Springs Herald 1887-09-16
Newspaper page from Smyrna Times carrying the name Carruth
Smyrna Times 1905-03-08
Newspaper page from The New York Herald carrying the name Carruth
The New York Herald 1876-01-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 19,597 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Carruth in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1980s.

1,517 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Carruth. The most, 484, date from the 1900s. 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 the Northern Territory, at 43.9 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 827
South Australia 251
Queensland 122
Victoria 86
Northern Territory 77
Western Australia 62
Tasmania 59
ACT (Canberra) 32

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

Who carried it

People named Carruth,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Thomas Hale Carruth
    Thomas Hale Carruth 1810–1881 · politician
  • Sumner Carruth
    Sumner Carruth 1834–1892 · military officer
  • James Albert Carruth
    James Albert Carruth 1839– · politician
  • William Herbert Carruth
    William Herbert Carruth 1859–1924 · poet
  • Hayden Carruth
    Hayden Carruth 1862–1932 · writer
  • James Harrison Carruth 1807–1896 · botanist

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Carruth,
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 States281 records

281 records of the Carruth name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 141
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 59
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 34
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 21
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 13
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 11
  • 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 James E. Carruth

    Born 1911 in Alabama. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Myer, Virginia; crane operator from Washington, D.C. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1990, buried at Cheltenham Veterans Cemetery, 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 Dave Scott Carruth

    Born 1942; from New York, New York. U.S. Army, single-engine airplane maintenance chief; died of illness 1970 in Pleiku, 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 Isabella Carruth

    Arrived at New York in 1870 aboard the Anglia from Glasgow and Moville, aged 29; servant. From Scotland.

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

Showing 3 of 281 records for Carruth 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia29 records

29 records of the Carruth name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 12
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 11
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 5
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record David Carruth

    Arrived in Queensland in 1884 aboard the Duke of Westminster, aged 7.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record George McLaren Carruth

    Retired of Dandenong, Victoria; died 1981.

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

    Of Manly, New South Wales; died 1934.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 29 records for Carruth in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

New Zealand3 records

3 records of the Carruth name in New Zealand
  • Christchurch City cemetery records 2
  • Thames-Coromandel District cemetery records 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Thomas Carruth

    Died 1921, aged 70; buried at Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.

    Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 3 records for Carruth in New Zealand.

Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · Thames-Coromandel District Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Carruth 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. Carruth

    Corporal, Middlesex Regiment. 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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