The Cureton surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,437 people carried this name — #7,504 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 4,281 in 2000.

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Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Cureton was found among the farmers of Shropshire: 12 in every 10,000.

Guppy counted the farmers listed in each county’s directory and recorded a name only where it reached about 7 in every 10,000; where it does not appear, it was rarer than that, not absent.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Per 10,000 farmers, by county

Shropshire 12

H. B. Guppy, «Homes of Family Names in Great Britain» (London, 1890), alphabetical list of English and Welsh names — public domain · farmers in Kelly’s Post Office Directories of the 1880s, per 10,000 farmers in each county.

In print

Cureton in American newspapers,
1914–1922.

Newspaper page from Pueblo Chieftain carrying the name Cureton
Pueblo Chieftain 1921-03-13
Newspaper page from The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram carrying the name Cureton
The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram 1914-10-06
Newspaper page from The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram carrying the name Cureton
The Richmond Palladium And Sun-telegram 1922-03-07

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,054 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Cureton in Australian newspapers,
1810s–1980s.

1,595 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Cureton. The most, 277, date from the 1880s. 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 Australian Capital Territory, at 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 572
Victoria 464
Queensland 326
South Australia 89
ACT (Canberra) 62
Tasmania 38
Western Australia 38

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

Who carried it

People named Cureton,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Hardiman Cureton
    Hardiman Cureton 1933–2003 · American football player
  • Harriet Cureton d. 1876
  • Harry Osborn Cureton 1785–1858 · antiquarian seller
  • William Cureton 1808–1864 · priest
  • Edward Cureton 1822–1894
  • Thomas Kirk Cureton Jr. 1901–1992 · swimmer

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 Cureton,
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 States248 records

248 records of the Cureton name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 151
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 58
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 15
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 12
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Eugene Cureton

    Born 1926 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1945 at Fort Bragg; kitchen worker from Cabarrus County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1995, buried at Salisbury National Cemetery, North Carolina.

    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 Johnny Jacob Cureton

    Born 1948; from Williamston, South Carolina. U.S. Army, food service specialist; killed in action 1969 in Quang Tri, 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 Albert S. Cureton

    Arrived at New York in 1885 aboard the Aurania from Liverpool, aged 16; student. From England; bound for California.

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

Showing 3 of 248 records for Cureton 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · 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). 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).

Australia59 records

59 records of the Cureton name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 38
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 7
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 5
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 5
  • Tasmanian Names Index 3
  • State Library of Western Australia indexes 1
  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 Ann Cureton

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Anna Maria, sailing from London in 1851. Native of Plymouth, Devon. Applied for permission to marry in Van Diemen's Land in 1857.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Jack Fraser Cureton

    Farmer of Derrinallum, Victoria; died 1988.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Thos Cureton

    Arrived in Victoria in 1882 aboard the John Elder, aged 21.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 59 records for Cureton 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) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · State Library of Western Australia (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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

United Kingdom4 records

4 records of the Cureton 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 R. F. H. Cureton

    Welsh Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record E. G. Cureton

    Middlesex Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record E. Cureton

    Leicestershire Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Cureton in the United Kingdom.

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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