The Crites surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,363 people carried this name — #4,799 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 40,000 people counted. That is up 4% from 7,061 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Crites surname

Americanized spelling of German Kreutz.

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

In print

Crites in American newspapers,
1900–1925.

Newspaper page from The Gazette carrying the name Crites
The Gazette 1915-02-13
Newspaper page from The Indian Leader carrying the name Crites
The Indian Leader 1925-02-27
Newspaper page from The Copper Era carrying the name Crites
The Copper Era 1900-11-15

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 36,681 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Crites,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Eva Myrtelle Fling
    Eva Myrtelle Fling 1886–1965 · botanist
  • Tom Crites 1968–2013 · writer

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 5 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Crites,
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 States362 records

362 records of the Crites name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 245
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 97
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 10
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Rex O. Crites

    Born 1905 in Kansas. Enlisted 1942 at Portland, Oregon; brewery worker from Yamhill County, Oregon. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1960, buried at Willamette National Cemetery, Oregon.

    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 Lincoln Crites

    Born 1949; from Colton, California. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Nam, 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 Ernest Claude Crites

    U.S. Army veteran. Born 1936, died 1980; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 362 records for Crites 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) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). 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).

Canada3 records

3 records of the Crites name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 1
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Joan Millicent Crites

    Buried in 2000 at Queen's Park Mausoleum, Calgary, Alberta, aged 61.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  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 Clinton Arnold Crites

    Died in service in 1943.

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

    Canadian Machine Gun Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

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

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). 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).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Crites 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 C. P. Crites

    Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

    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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