The Doolittle surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 6,893 people carried this name — #5,080 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,700 people counted. That is up 4% from 6,658 in 2000.

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Among the farmers of England and Wales, 1880s

Doolittle was found among the farmers of Worcestershire: 10 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

Worcestershire 10

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 the first U.S. census, 1790

100 families named Doolittle, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 544 people lived in those households, 5.4 to a family on average. The table counts it together with one other spelling. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Connecticut 65
New York 15
Vermont 10
Massachusetts 6
New Hampshire 2
Pennsylvania 1
South Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 237 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Doolittle in American newspapers,
1851–1906.

Newspaper page from The Democratic Advocate carrying the name Doolittle
The Democratic Advocate 1906-09-21
Newspaper page from Port Tobacco Times, And Charles County Advertiser carrying the name Doolittle
Port Tobacco Times, And Charles County Advertiser 1851-07-30

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 93,739 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Doolittle in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1990s.

1,042 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Doolittle. The most, 215, date from the 1910s. 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 1.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 266
Victoria 263
Queensland 187
South Australia 143
Western Australia 78
Tasmania 72
ACT (Canberra) 22
Northern Territory 2

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

Who carried it

People named Doolittle,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Amos Doolittle
    Amos Doolittle 1754–1832 · exlibrist
  • Joel Doolittle
    Joel Doolittle 1775–1841 · judge
  • James Rood Doolittle
    James Rood Doolittle 1815–1897 · judge
  • Tilton E. Doolittle
    Tilton E. Doolittle 1825–1896 · lawyer
  • Benjamin Doolittle
    Benjamin Doolittle 1825–1895 · politician
  • Isaac Doolittle 1721–1800 · watchmaker

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 Doolittle,
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 States632 records

632 records of the Doolittle name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 222
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 123
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 112
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 98
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 36
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 31
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 1
  • New York State police and firefighter memorial rolls 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Thurber L. Doolittle

    Born 1912 in New York. Enlisted 1941 at Albany; structural- from Delaware County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1984, buried at Morrisville Rural Cemetery, New York.

    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 Gary Wayne Doolittle

    Born 1940; from Cincinnati, Ohio. U.S. Army, helicopter pilot; killed in action 1968 in Quang Tin, 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 George Doolittle

    Arrived at New York in 1853 aboard the America from Liverpool, aged 25; weaver. From England.

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

Showing 3 of 632 records for Doolittle in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · New York State, Open NY (police and firefighter memorial rolls). 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).

Canada15 records

15 records of the Doolittle name in Canada
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 5
  • Halifax municipal cemeteries 3
  • Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  • City of Winnipeg cemetery records 1
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record George Edward Doolittle

    Buried in 1992 at Mount Hermon Cemetery, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, aged 65.

    Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Mabel Simpson Doolittle

    Died 1943 in Great Village, Colchester, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  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 Charles Massie Doolittle

    Died in service in 1918.

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

Showing 3 of 15 records for Doolittle in Canada.

Counts: City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Halifax Regional Municipality. Contains information licenced under the Open Government Licence—Halifax. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · 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. · City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · 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); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).

Australia10 records

10 records of the Doolittle name in Australia Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record F. W. Doolittle

    Arrived in Victoria in 1864 aboard the Fred Warren, aged 27; American.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 1 of 10 records for Doolittle in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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