The Childers surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 30,570 people carried this name — #1,150 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,650 people counted. That is up 2% from 30,079 in 2000.

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In print

Childers in American newspapers,
1922.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Childers
The Washington Times 1922-09-02
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Childers
The Washington Times 1922-11-24
Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Childers
The Washington Times 1922-11-24

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

In print

Childers in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1970s.

16,743 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Childers. The most, 4,745, date from the 1880s.

Articles, by state

Victoria 5,889
New South Wales 3,245
South Australia 3,045
Queensland 2,852
Tasmania 1,104
Western Australia 563
ACT (Canberra) 28
Northern Territory 10

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

Who carried it

People named Childers,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Agnes Alexandra Frances Childers d. 1918
  • Dulcibella Selena Eliza Childers d. 1910
  • Ellen Walbanke Childers d. 1889
  • Christine Lupton d. 2019
  • Margaret Childers 1603–1659
  • Francis Childers 1607–

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Childers,
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 States1,550 records

1,550 records of the Childers name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 1,104
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 390
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 16
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 9
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 8
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • Sacramento County historic burials 3
  • Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record James Stanley B. Childers

    Born 1946; from Pacifica, California. U.S. Marine Corps, motor vehicle operator; killed in action 1967 in Quang Nam, South Vietnam. Buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

    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 Louis C. Childers

    Born 1925 in Oklahoma. Enlisted 1943 at Oklahoma City; driver from Caddo County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1974, buried at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas.

    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 Leah Childers

    Arrived at Philadelphia in 1879 aboard the Ohio from Liverpool, aged 22; domestic. From Germany.

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

Showing 3 of 1,550 records for Childers 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). 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).

Australia39 records

39 records of the Childers name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 22
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 13
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • 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 Emily Childers

    Arrived in Queensland in 1900 aboard the Jumna, as an infant.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Frank Childers

    Arrived in Victoria in 1906 aboard the Sophocles, aged 38.

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

    Died 1876 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 41.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 39 records for Childers in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada2 records

2 records of the Childers name in Canada
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 1
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Sybil C. Childers

    Died 1950 in Waterville, Kings, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. 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 Jack Shelley Lester Childers

    Died in service in 1944.

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

Counts: Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Childers name in the Netherlands Dutch population registers
  1. A page of the 1910 United States census, Milwaukee
    Example: U.S. census, 1910
    Population register Christianus Wilhelmus Antonius Childers

    In the population register of Tilburg; born 1898 in Tilburg.

    Open Archives, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. census of 1910, Milwaukee (public domain).

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Surnames next to Childers.

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