The Deaton surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 14,052 people carried this name — #2,572 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 21,000 people counted. That is up 2% from 13,829 in 2000.

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In print

Deaton in American newspapers,
1913–1914.

Newspaper page from The Day Book carrying the name Deaton
The Day Book 1913-01-18
Newspaper page from The Day Book carrying the name Deaton
The Day Book 1913-01-18
Newspaper page from The Sun carrying the name Deaton
The Sun 1914-06-28

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

In print

Deaton in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1960s.

716 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Deaton. The most, 254, date from the 1930s. 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 1.8 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 438
Queensland 88
Victoria 82
Western Australia 41
South Australia 37
Tasmania 20
ACT (Canberra) 7

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

Who carried it

People named Deaton,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Charles M. Deaton
    Charles M. Deaton 1931–2007 · lawyer
  • Dedie Deaton 1903–1986
  • Charles Deaton 1921–1996 · architect
  • Les Deaton 1923–1989 · basketball player
  • Ruby Deaton Harbison Pharr 1929–2015 · writer

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 Deaton,
in the records of 5 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 States652 records

652 records of the Deaton name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 465
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 129
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 20
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 19
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 8
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 5
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 2
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Burton W. Deaton

    Born 1918 in North Carolina. Enlisted 1941 at Fort Bragg; salesperson. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Southside Cemetery, Troy, 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 Jack Joe Deaton

    Born 1944; from Indianapolis, Indiana. U.S. Army, infantryman; killed in action 1966 in 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 Catherine Deaton

    Arrived at New York in 1852 aboard the Constellation from Liverpool, aged 27; servant. From Ireland.

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

Showing 3 of 652 records for Deaton 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, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · 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. 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).

Australia9 records

9 records of the Deaton name in Australia
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 4
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 4
  • Tasmanian Names Index 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 John Deaton

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the Duke of Portland, arriving 1807.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record H. A. Deaton

    Arrived in Victoria in 1886 aboard the Garonne, aged 30; English.

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

    Died 1851 in Hobart, Tasmania, aged 39.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 9 records for Deaton in Australia.

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Public Record Office Victoria (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).

Canada5 records

5 records of the Deaton name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 2
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 1
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Unus Deaton

    Left New York in 1783 aboard the Aurora, bound for River St. Johns, aged 27.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Arthur Deaton

    Died 1941; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.
  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 Almer Deaton

    Died in service in 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 5 records for Deaton in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); 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).

Ireland2 records

2 records of the Deaton name in Ireland County Galway graveyard records
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Michael Deaton

    Died 1928, aged 87; buried at Clontuskert Abbey, Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Bridget Deaton

    Died 1919, aged 73; buried at Clontuskert Abbey, Co. Galway.

    Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Galway County Council (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

Netherlands1 record

1 record of the Deaton name in the Netherlands Dutch civil registers (births, marriages, deaths)
  1. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Arthur Douglas Deaton

    Married in 1946 in Haren.

    Open Archives, Groninger Archieven (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: Open Archives (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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