The Crutcher surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,004 people carried this name — #5,769 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 49,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 5,872 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Crutcher surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a local name, from where the family lived: ‘the croucher’.

An early record he cites: John Crowcher, rector of Feltwell, Norfolk, 1430 — History of Norfolk (Blomefield and Parkin).

His entry covers Croucher and Crutcher.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 220 · public domain.

In print

Crutcher in American newspapers,
1893–1918.

Newspaper page from The Times carrying the name Crutcher
The Times 1901-01-07
Newspaper page from The Freeman carrying the name Crutcher
The Freeman 1893-06-10
Newspaper page from The Parisian carrying the name Crutcher
The Parisian 1918-11-29

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 203,924 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Crutcher in Australian newspapers,
1880s–1960s.

404 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Crutcher. The most, 114, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 340
Queensland 27
Tasmania 13
Victoria 12
South Australia 7
Western Australia 2
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Crutcher,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James I. Crutcher
    James I. Crutcher 1835–1915 · politician
  • Dick Crutcher
    Dick Crutcher 1889–1952 · baseball player
  • Bettye Crutcher
    Bettye Crutcher 1939–2022 · songwriter
  • John Crutcher 1916–2017 · politician
  • Tommy Crutcher 1941–2002 · American football player
  • Mark Crutcher 1948–2023 · film director

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 Crutcher,
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 States314 records

314 records of the Crutcher name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 184
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 102
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 19
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Charles H. Crutcher

    Born 1907 in Illinois. Enlisted 1941 at Bloomington; farm hand from De Witt County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1976, buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

    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 Terry Lynn Crutcher

    Born 1948; from Bloomington, Illinois. U.S. Navy, hospital corpsman; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tri, 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 Richard Atha Crutcher

    U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Born 1932, died 2001; buried at Riverside National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 314 records for Crutcher 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) · 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). 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).

Australia10 records

10 records of the Crutcher name in Australia
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Crutcher

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Lord Lyndoch, sailing from London in 1836. Native of Wandsworth, Surrey.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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 William Crutcher

    Arrived in Queensland in 1911 aboard the Marathon, aged 19.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Thomas Richard Crutcher

    Of Baulkham Hills, New South Wales; died 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 10 records for Crutcher in Australia.

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

Canada7 records

7 records of the Crutcher name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 6
  • City of Waterloo (Ontario) cemetery records 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record William Benjamin Crutcher

    Buried in 1975 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 61.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Christina C. Crutcher

    Buried in 1993 at Parkview Cemetery, Waterloo, Ontario.

    Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence
  3. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Dale C. M. Crutcher

    Buried in 1940 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

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

Showing 3 of 7 records for Crutcher in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Contains information provided by the City of Waterloo under licence. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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