The Eads surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,056 people carried this name — #3,925 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 8,853 in 2000.

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In print

Eads in American newspapers,
1914–1922.

Newspaper page from The Milwaukee Leader carrying the name Eads
The Milwaukee Leader 1922-12-02
Newspaper page from Goodwin's Weekly : A Thinking Paper For Thinking People carrying the name Eads
Goodwin's Weekly : A Thinking Paper For Thinking People 1914-08-29

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

In print

Eads in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1950s.

305 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Eads. The most, 67, date from the 1900s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in Victoria, at 1.6 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 108
New South Wales 92
Western Australia 37
Queensland 27
South Australia 26
Tasmania 14

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

Who carried it

People named Eads,
with a public archive behind them.

  • James Buchanan Eads
    James Buchanan Eads 1820–1887 · writer
  • Wendell Eads 1923–1997 · jockey

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 7 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Eads,
in the records of 4 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 States492 records

492 records of the Eads name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 328
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 123
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 11
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 9
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 7
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 4
  • Sacramento County historic burials 2
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Lloyd M. Eads

    Born 1930; from Peoria County, Illinois. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in South Korea. Buried at Camp Butler National Cemetery, Illinois.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record William J. Eads

    Born 1908 in Missouri. Enlisted 1943 at Jefferson Barracks; driver from St Louis City. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1971, 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)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ben Eads

    Arrived at New Orleans in 1849 aboard the Berlin from Liverpool, aged 23; farmer. From England; bound for Oregon.

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

Showing 3 of 492 records for Eads 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) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Canada9 records

9 records of the Eads name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 8
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Wm Eads

    Came to Ontario in 1872 aboard the Vicksburg, landing at Quebec, bound for Brantford, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Frederick Eads

    Died 1971 in Springhill, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, aged 83.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Ann Eads

    Married 1824 in Colchester, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 9 records for Eads in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia3 records

3 records of the Eads name in Australia
  • Tasmanian Names Index 1
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 1
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Elizabeth Eads

    Of Yarraville, Victoria; died 1995.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Amelia Frances Eads

    Born 1855 in Hobart, Tasmania.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 2 of 3 records for Eads in Australia.

Counts: Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0). 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).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Eads 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 A. Eads

    Royal Fusiliers. 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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