The Dandridge surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,201 people carried this name — #7,876 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 70,400 people counted. That is up 6% from 3,971 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Dandridge surname

English habitational surname, from an unexplained first element + Old English hryċġ (“ridge”).

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

As an English and Welsh surname

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

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 229 · public domain.

In print

Dandridge in American newspapers,
1904–1909.

Newspaper page from The Commoner carrying the name Dandridge
The Commoner 1909-08-06
Newspaper page from The San Antonio Light carrying the name Dandridge
The San Antonio Light 1909-04-02
Newspaper page from The Montgomery Advertiser carrying the name Dandridge
The Montgomery Advertiser 1904-09-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 18,016 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Dandridge in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1960s.

588 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Dandridge. The most, 167, date from the 1870s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Tasmania, at 4.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Tasmania 208
New South Wales 181
Victoria 114
Queensland 32
Western Australia 28
South Australia 16
ACT (Canberra) 5
Northern Territory 1

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

Who carried it

People named Dandridge,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Bartholomew Dandridge
    Bartholomew Dandridge 1691–1755 · painter
  • Martha Washington
    Martha Washington 1731–1802 · politician
  • Dorothea Dandridge Henry
    Dorothea Dandridge Henry 1757–1831
  • Lucy Dandridge d. 1859
  • Joseph Dandridge 1665–1747 · naturalist
  • John Dandridge 1700–

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 Dandridge,
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 States285 records

285 records of the Dandridge name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 127
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 103
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 45
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 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 Charles A. Dandridge

    Born 1916 in Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Richmond; route man from Henrico County. Veteran; died 1960, buried at Richmond National Cemetery, Virginia.

    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 Albert Dandridge

    Born 1948; from Coldwater, Mississippi. U.S. Marine Corps, rifleman; killed in action 1968 in Thua Thien, 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 Heartwell A. Dandridge

    U.S. Army veteran of World War I. Born 1894, died 1963; buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.

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

Showing 3 of 285 records for Dandridge 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia42 records

42 records of the Dandridge name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 27
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 7
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 5
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 2
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record John Strange Dandridge

    Married 1847 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 23. Died 1874 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 49. Will registered in Tasmania in 1874.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record John Strange Dandridge

    Born 1848 in Hobart, Tasmania. Died 1877 in Launceston, Tasmania, aged 28.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (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 Richard Dandridge

    Arrived in Queensland in 1874 aboard the Zoroaster, aged 23.

    Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 42 records for Dandridge in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · 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: Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Dandridge 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. Dandridge

    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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