The Fitzwater surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,066 people carried this name — #8,155 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 72,500 people counted. That is up 1% from 4,011 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Fitzwater surname

As an English and Welsh surname

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

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 290 · public domain.

In print

Fitzwater in American newspapers,
1909–1928.

Newspaper page from The Washington Times carrying the name Fitzwater
The Washington Times 1928-09-24
Newspaper page from Evening Star carrying the name Fitzwater
Evening Star 1928-09-24
Newspaper page from The Holt County Sentinel carrying the name Fitzwater
The Holt County Sentinel 1909-06-25

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 11,743 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Fitzwater in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.

656 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Fitzwater. The most, 114, 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 3.4 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

Victoria 374
ACT (Canberra) 136
Queensland 71
New South Wales 41
South Australia 28
Western Australia 4
Tasmania 2

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

Who carried it

People named Fitzwater,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Dave Fitzwater 1944–2024 · non-commissioned officer

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Fitzwater,
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 States242 records

242 records of the Fitzwater name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 153
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 65
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 10
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 8
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 3
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Jesse R. FitzWater

    Born 1919 in West Virginia. Enlisted 1942 at Huntington; aircraft worker. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2001, buried at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Weirton, West Virginia.

    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 Carl J. FitzWater

    Born 1931; from Fayette County, West Virginia. U.S. Army, field artillery cannoneer; killed in action 1950 in South Korea.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record John M. FitzWater

    Veteran of World War I. Born 1881, died 1955; buried at Chattanooga National Cemetery, Tennessee.

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

Showing 3 of 242 records for Fitzwater in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · 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). 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); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia21 records

21 records of the Fitzwater name in Australia
  • Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 12
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 3
  • Queensland State Archives indexes 3
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 3
  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 Francis FitzWater

    Transported to New South Wales aboard the James Pattison, arriving 1837; certificate of freedom 1845.

    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 Charles FitzWater

    Arrived in Victoria in 1889 aboard the Winefred, aged 26; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A petition to the probate court of St. Louis, 1848
    Example: probate petition, 1848
    Probate record Frank Manissey FitzWater

    Bank officer of Malvern, Victoria; died 1960.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)

Showing 3 of 21 records for Fitzwater in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (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); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain).

United Kingdom1 record

1 record of the Fitzwater name in the United Kingdom St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record John FitzWater

    Buried in 1810 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 40.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0).

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