The Ethridge surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 7,878 people carried this name — #4,502 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 37,500 people counted. That is up 2% from 7,759 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Ethridge surname

Reduced variant of Etheridge.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Ethridge» (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 Etheridge’.

His entry covers Etheredge, Etheridge, Ethridge and Etridge.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 276 · public domain.

In print

Ethridge in American newspapers,
1911–1930.

Newspaper page from Putnam Patriot carrying the name Ethridge
Putnam Patriot 1928-04-12
Newspaper page from Semi-weekly Herald carrying the name Ethridge
Semi-weekly Herald 1911-08-07
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Ethridge
Evening Star 1930-09-17

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 13,925 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Ethridge in Australian newspapers,
1850s–1970s.

566 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Ethridge. The most, 96, date from the 1930s. 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 Victoria, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 200
Victoria 145
Queensland 89
South Australia 60
Western Australia 52
Tasmania 11
ACT (Canberra) 4
Northern Territory 3

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

Who carried it

People named Ethridge,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George H. Ethridge 1871–1957 · judge
  • Willie Snow Ethridge 1900–1982 · writer
  • James M. Ethridge 1921–2011 · sociologist
  • Chris Ethridge 1947–2012 · singer-songwriter

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Ethridge,
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 States439 records

439 records of the Ethridge name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 290
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 105
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 22
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 10
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 9
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record George R. Ethridge

    Born 1923 in Mississippi. Enlisted 1943 at Camp Shelby; railroad clerk. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Arkadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery, Bailey, Mississippi.

    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 George Ethridge

    Arrived at New York in 1892 aboard the Teutonic from Liverpool and Queenstown, aged 26; manufacturer. From London; bound for New York.

    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 Donald Ethridge

    U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War. Born 1936, died 1965; buried at Golden Gate National Cemetery, California.

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

Showing 3 of 439 records for Ethridge 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) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (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).

Canada66 records

66 records of the Ethridge name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 61
  • City of Calgary cemetery records 4
  • Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Elizabeth A. Ethridge

    Buried in 1942 at Burnsland Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta.

    City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary.
  2. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Sarah Ethridge

    Died 1950 in Antigonish, 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
    Death record Donald Ethridge

    Died 1913 in Point Cross, Inverness, Nova Scotia.

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

Showing 3 of 66 records for Ethridge in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. 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).

Australia12 records

12 records of the Ethridge name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 11
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 1
  1. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record James Ethridge

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 as an assisted immigrant aboard the James Fernie, aged 16.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Johanna Mary Ethridge

    Of Ballarat, Victoria; died 1987.

    Public Record Office Victoria (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 Emma Ethridge

    Arrived in Victoria in 1857 as an assisted immigrant aboard the James Fernie, aged 6.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 12 records for Ethridge 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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

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