The Eldredge surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,426 people carried this name — #7,517 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 66,700 people counted. That is up 6% from 4,178 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Eldredge surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley classes it as a baptismal name, from a given name: ‘the son of Alderich’.

His entry covers Eldridge and Eldredge.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 268 · public domain.

In print

Eldredge in American newspapers,
1922–1924.

Newspaper page from The Omaha Morning Bee carrying the name Eldredge
The Omaha Morning Bee 1922-09-10
Newspaper page from The Omaha Morning Bee carrying the name Eldredge
The Omaha Morning Bee 1922-09-09
Newspaper page from The Omaha Morning Bee carrying the name Eldredge
The Omaha Morning Bee 1924-01-13

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 46,715 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Eldredge in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1990s.

679 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Eldredge. The most, 199, date from the 1910s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in South Australia, at 8.0 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

South Australia 601
New South Wales 33
Western Australia 26
Queensland 8
Victoria 6
Tasmania 3
ACT (Canberra) 1

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

Who carried it

People named Eldredge,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Nathaniel B. Eldredge
    Nathaniel B. Eldredge 1813–1893 · judge
  • Horace S. Eldredge
    Horace S. Eldredge 1816–1888 · politician
  • Charles A. Eldredge
    Charles A. Eldredge 1820–1896 · lawyer
  • Hannah Langdon Eldredge 1774–1836
  • Edward Henry Eldredge 1816–1865
  • Elizabeth Trull Eldredge 1816–1895

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Eldredge,
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 States399 records

399 records of the Eldredge name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 144
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 106
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 69
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 66
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 7
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 6
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Harold C. Eldredge

    Born 1915 in Massachusetts. Enlisted 1942 at Boston; engineer from Barnstable County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Massachusetts National Cemetery, Massachusetts.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Charlotte A. Eldredge

    Arrived at New York in 1871 aboard the Nevada from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 30. From Carribean Islands, Great Britain.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Emory Percival Eldredge

    Veteran. Born 1888, died 1964; buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 399 records for Eldredge in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Canada4 records

4 records of the Eldredge name in Canada Nova Scotia Archives name indexes
  1. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Frank Mason Eldredge

    Died 1875 in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

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

    Married 1904 in Sydney, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Birth record Harry Robert Eldredge

    Born 1918 in Falmouth, Hants, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 4 records for Eldredge in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

Australia2 records

2 records of the Eldredge name in Australia
  • 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 David Clifford Eldredge

    Gentleman of Brighton, Victoria; died 1968.

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

    Sailed from Victoria in 1859 aboard the Prince of the Seas, bound for Liverpool, aged 30.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Counts: 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); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

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